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trump The administration said Monday it is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction east coast Due to unspecified national security risks identified by pentagon,
This pause is effective immediately and will Department of the InteriorSaid the administration, which oversees offshore wind, now is the time to work with the Defense Department and other agencies to assess potential ways to mitigate any safety risks posed by the projects.
The Secretary of the Interior said, “The chief duty of the United States government is to protect the American people.” Doug Burgum Said in a statement. “Today’s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid development of relevant adversarial technologies and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects near our East Coast population centers.”
The administration said leases have been put on hold for the Vineyard Wind project under construction in Massachusetts, Revolution Wind in Rhode Island and Connecticut, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind and two projects in New York: Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind.
Declassified U.S. government reports have long found that the motion of massive turbine blades and highly reflective towers creates radar interference called “clutter,” officials said. The Interior Department said the clutter caused by offshore wind projects obscures legitimate dynamic goals and generates false goals around wind projects.