Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects | It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/climate/trump-wind-farms-cancel-millions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q1A.84rc.Cy9uL0ArTjhK
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Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 46 pts · 72d
Just burning fucking money to make everything worse. Kick this cunt in the cunt on his neck.
lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 72d
I don't like cancelling wind projects but there are some incorrect assumptions when you just read this headline.
The company paid $800M for a lease on federal waters to build the wind turbine. This is more akin to a refund than "pay them not to do this". That, and the money will instead be used to build natural gas power, which is stupid for reasons mentioned in the article.
NM_Gringo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 72d
This just setting taxpayer money on fire for nothing. It's just staggering.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 71d
Putin ordered him to destroy America so that tracks.
phar@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 72d
The dumbest part of this from their side is that they're just postponing it anyway. Okay maybe the second or third dumbest part
silence7@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 72d
But the fossil fuels industry can rake in profits in the meantime
ceenote@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 72d
The extremely dumb bit is that they could rake in profits anyway, they just have to make the most profits physically possible.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 72d
it’s not about profit
it’s about power
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 72d
Dumbest country on the planet?
Ironfist79@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 72d
Yup
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 72d
All because they aren't bribing Cheeto Mussolini (enough?) and the dinosaur juice companies are more than willing to slurp on a tiny mushroom...
silence7@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 72d
The renewables energy industry tends to be really good for consumers but not so great at producing the kind of concentrated wealth that enables bribery
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 72d
insanity
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 71d
He's using our money for this bullshit
Boye@lemy.nl · 2 pts · 72d
‘Stop the waste’ he said … moron