Trump Administration Lifts Halts on $5 Billion Empire Wind Project

Trump Administration Lifts Ban on Empire Wind Project

The Trump administration has lifted a month-long stop-work order on the $5 billion Empire Wind offshore wind project off New York’s coast, allowing construction to resume. The decision follows negotiations involving New York Governor Kathy Hochul and federal officials, potentially tied to discussions about reviving the previously shelved Constitution Pipeline. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum had initially halted the project on April 16, citing co…

Trump Admin Reportedly Lets NY Advance Green Project Hoping For Pipeline — But Team Hochul Downplays Deal

“This news that construction is resuming on Empire Wind is hitting our anti-wind coalition of fishing, environmental and community activists like a punch in the gut,” Craig Rucker, president of the nonprofit Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, wrote in a statement to the DCNF. “We understand the reasoning behind it, namely getting an important gas pipeline into the Northeast, but the reality is we’re facing a menace that threatens our tourism,

Offshore wind project back on track after Trump administration lifts pause

Additional reporting by KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO Amsterdam News StaffThe Trump administration is allowing work on a major offshore wind project for New York to resume.The developer, the Norwegian energy company Equinor, said Monday it was told by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that a stop-work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume.Work has been paused since Interior Secretary Doug Burgum …

Trump administration moves forward with New York offshore wind project

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - A $5 billion offshore wind project off the coast of New York is back on track after the Trump administration lifted its stop-work order, clearing the way for development to continue. Lawmakers and environmental experts are praising the decision as a major step forward for the region's clean energy future. "It will save more than a thousand good-paying New York jobs on Long Island and on Staten Island, and it will preserve …

NY Hochul's Flip Flop on Natural Gas Pipelines Is Good News for PA, New England – DV Journal

It’s just a nine-hour drive from the natural-gas-rich Marcellus Shale of western Pennsylvania to downtown Manchester, N.H. Yet, during the coldest months of winter, many New Englanders keep warm using natural gas shipped in from Trinidad and Tobago, just off the coast of Venezuela, 2,300 miles away. Why? Geography. LNG tankers don’t have to cross the state lines of Massachusetts or New York. Blue state governors like Maura Healey (D-Mass.) and K…

US President Trump is ending the blockade against a mega-energy project in New York. It's about five billion dollars and electricity for half a million households.