Article 6MS77 Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency

Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency

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Oliver Milman
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Republican frontrunner vows to put an end to horrible' wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy

Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects on day one" of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a series of promises to undo key aspects of the transition to cleaner energy.

Trump repeated false accusations about wind projects as being lethal to whales during a rally on Saturday in Wildwood, a resort city on New Jersey's coast, promising to stamp out an industry that has been enthusiastically backed by Joe Biden.

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