Construction on the $4 billion Revolution Wind offshore project off Rhode Island was halted despite nearly three-quarters of the turbines already installed. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin cited President Trump's longstanding skepticism about wind power economics and raised environmental and fisheries concerns. Zeldin referenced a Commerce Department section 232 investigation into windmill imports and potential national security risks as additional justification. Fox News correspondent Rich Edson questioned why a near-complete project would be stopped amid growing power demand and electrification trends. Zeldin asserted a need for more baseload, reliable power and characterized intermittent wind as less reliable.
President Trump's been very consistent, Zeldin said. He's not a fan of wind, the economics of it. He has also been outspoken on environmental impacts, impacts to fisheries. And we saw a section 232 decision for an investigation out of commerce, which was news over the course of the last day or two, looking at windmill imports from out of the country and analyzing whether it's a national security threat.
A Fox News anchor grilled EPA administrator Lee Zeldin about the Trump administration halting construction on a Rhode Island wind farm which is almost completed. In an interview Saturday on Fox News Live, Fox News correspondent Rich Edson pressed Zeldin about the decision to stop work on a $4 billion wind farm off the Rhode Island coast called Revolution Wind despite nearly three-quarters of the turbines at the site having already been installed.
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