Trump’s Broadside on Wind Power Includes Permitting Freeze (2)

President Donald Trump ordered a broad assault on US offshore wind development Monday, including a freeze in permitting the massive renewable power projects despite warnings from developers it imperiled jobs from coast to coast.

Trump also ruled out the sale of new wind leases across all of the nation’s coastal waters, invoking the same legal authority predecessors have used to thwart offshore oil drilling.

The actions — part of a memorandum Trump signed hours after his inauguration — herald a shift in US government treatment of the fledgling US offshore wind industry, as the new president seeks to propel fossil ...