Washington, D.C.— In response to the Trump administration ordering to halt five offshore wind projects, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM), and New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV), released the following statements:

“This order only furthers Trump’s attempt to gut cheap clean energy, that not only lowers costs but also provides high-paying jobs for families,” said Kathleen Meil, Local Clean Energy Deployment Director at the League of Conservation Voters. “Instead of taking well-vetted clean energy projects offline, the Trump administration should be focused on addressing skyrocketing energy costs, protecting the health and safety of our communities, and lowering costs across the board. What continues to be clear is that Trump cares more about Big Polluters and Big Oil, than hardworking families.”

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“Pausing fully‑permitted offshore wind projects at the finish line doesn’t just strand billions of dollars at sea,” said Katie Segal, Senior Offshore Wind Director at Environmental League of Massachusetts and Regional Lead at New England for Offshore Wind. “It strands American workers, undermines our energy security, increases our energy bills, and sends a chilling message that no infrastructure project in this country is safe from political whim.”

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“The Trump administration’s ridiculous effort to halt offshore wind projects – this time up and down the east coast –  will bring good tidings for his fossil fuel allies (not to mention a sleigh-full of billable hours for lawyers) and nothing but a lump of coal for Americans struggling to pay their electric bills and the thousands of union workers he’s kicking off the job right before the holidays,” said Julie Tighe, President of New York League of Conservation Voters. “The New York projects alone would inject more than 1.7 gigawatts of clean, reliable, stable energy – enough to power more than 1.1 million homes. Stopping these projects now – when energy demand is rising and the president himself is claiming there is an energy emergency – makes no sense. The national security objections brought by the administration are absurd and we know that this attempt, like all those before it, will fail. We thank Governor Hochul for standing up to this, and call on the entire New York congressional delegation to fight this order and get these projects back online and the workers back on the job as soon as possible.” 

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