The Trump administration is paying this company $1 billion to quit building wind farms. Experts question the arrangement’s legality

The government plans to pay TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to pull out of offshore wind and focus on fossil fuels. But it can’t legally use taxpayer money without approval from Congress.

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After failing to stop multiple offshore wind projects from moving forward on the East Coast, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic: paying companies not to build wind farms.

Last week, the government announced that it would pay TotalEnergies approximately $1 billion to give up on building two planned offshore wind farms in the U.S. and to........

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