Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland credited the Biden administration with jump-starting the offshore wind industry in a Newsweek interview Friday — while issuing a pointed rebuke to President-elect Donald Trump's promise to halt future offshore wind projects.
"Quite frankly, I'd like to see him try," Haaland said, adding, "that ship has sailed. I think that offshore wind is here to stay."
Trump, a vocal critic of wind energy, vowed to stop offshore wind development as a candidate in 2024 and recently said his incoming administration plans to halt both on and offshore "windmills" from getting built.
"We're going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built," Trump told reporters at a Jan. 7 press conference from Mar-a-Lago.
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