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A costly solution to a non-existent problem

The last few months have seen a parade of troubling news related to the health of the offshore wind sector, as rising inflation, mucked-up supply chains, and high interest rates have rendered big projects planned for the U.S., UK, and German offshore regions uneconomic. The remedy sought by big players in the industry like Siemens, […]

One could almost hear the howls of laughter when the increasingly politicized International Energy Agency published a report projecting that global demand for crude oil would peak by 2030.

A coalition of stakeholders led by Cape May County, New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration Tuesday, challenging the development of a massive offshore wind farm along the county's coastline. The lawsuit – which names the Interior Department and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, among other federal officials and agencies, as defendants –

"As we’ve said many times, we spent the better part of two years trying to negotiate with Orsted to redesign this project in a way that would cause less damage to the environment and less damage to our tourism and fisheries interests," said Cape May County Board of Commissioners Director Len Desiderio. "Our reasonable proposals fell on deaf ears as state and federal regulators rubber-stamped permits to rush the Ocean Wind 1 project to approval."

The Biden administration was sued Tuesday for its environmental permitting process that green-lit an offshore wind project in New Jersey that's opposed by locals.

Storm Agnes battered the country on Wednesday.

The offshore wind industry is teetering on the edge of disaster thanks to Biden's short-sighted lunacy.

There's nothing sustainable about green energy if it's being propped up by taxpayer cash

What level of government subsidization is enough for America’s wind industry? It is a question policymakers must consider now in light of new demands coming from the industry’s leaders.