President Trump’s Interior Department announces immediate pause on all large-scale offshore wind project leases, citing classified national security risks.
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FIRSTONFOX:PresidentDonaldTrump’sDepartmentofInteriorannouncedonMondaythat,effectiveimmediately,leasesforalllarge-scaleoffshorewindprojectsbeingconstructedintheUnitedStateswillbepaused.
Inapressrelease,DOIwrotethatthepauseisdueto“nationalsecurityrisks”identifiedbytheDepartmentofWarin“recentlycompletedclassifiedreports.”
Inapressrelease,DOIsaysthepausewill“givetheDepartment,alongwiththeDepartmentofWarandotherrelevantgovernmentagencies,timetoworkwithleaseholdersandstatepartnerstoassessthepossibilityofmitigatingthenationalsecurityrisksposedbytheseprojects.”
“TheprimedutyoftheUnitedStatesgovernmentistoprotecttheAmericanpeople,” SecretaryoftheInteriorDougBurgum,saidinthepressrelease.
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