The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations.
Maps shared with industry stakeholders and seen by Bloomberg News show vast red areas that the Navy and Air Force have deemed “highly problematic,” covering prime real estate the Interior Department last year earmarked for leasing off the coasts of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
[Oopsie! Say, didn’t Interior Secretary Deb Haaland think to run this past the DoD first? As Bloomberg notes, the Department of the Interior as a long habit of overlooking defense concerns while promulgating plans like these. It’s still an embarrassment for the Biden administration on one of its big priorities. — Ed]
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