Wind turbine components sit at New London State Pier, April 16, 2025, in New London, Conn. Trump’s campaign against clean energy has killed $18.6 billion in clean energy projects within the last year.

The South Fork Wind farm turbine, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, stands east of Montauk Point, N.Y. Trump’s campaign against clean energy has killed $18.6 billion in clean energy projects within the last year.

Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, Saturday, July 19, 2025. Trump’s campaign against clean energy has killed $18.6 billion in clean energy projects within the last year.

Trump’s campaign against clean energy has killed $18.6 billion in clean energy projects within the last year.

Dignitaries and business leaders got a look at offshore wind tower components at the Port of Coeymans. Trump’s campaign against clean energy has killed $18.6 billion in clean energy projects within the last year.

Imagine if President Barack Obama had pulled the permits for a multibillion-dollar deepwater oil rig after construction was 80% complete, at a time when gasoline prices were rising. The American people would be justifiably outraged.

President Donald Trump did essentially the same thing last week when his administration issued a stop-work order on the Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island. Blocking the $6.2 billion project has put 1,000 people out of work and will reduce the reliability of electricity to 15 million people.

U.S. demand for power is indisputably growing for the first time in a decade. Tech firms are building massive data centers to serve our needs for artificial intelligence, cat videos and social media posts. Texas just registered the state’s 400,000th electric vehicle.

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