Trump Halts NY Offshore Wind Project Work Amid Sector Review (2)

The Trump administration halted work on an offshore wind farm being built off New York amid a broader review of the sector’s projects.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered the pause on Equinor ASA’s project in consultation with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to a post Wednesday on X. The project had been fully permitted, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement. Called Empire 1, the wind facility designed to power 500,000 homes was slated to start commercial operation in 2027.

Trump is a longtime critic of wind turbines he decries as ugly, bird-killing monstrosities. He raised ...