He was required to take a semester off, during which his father got him a job on an offshore drilling rig. Working as a roughneck was tough and dangerous, but he made good money. His rebellion ended.

One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president was issuing an executive order that could kill the nascent offshore wind industry in the United States. Trump’s order, signed Monday, halted ...

Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president's first executive orders. An executive ...

Just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited, as one reason, the impact offshore ...

Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, pending an environmental and economic review.

Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) provided updates on the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The fully permitted project is now approximately 50% complete and remains on track for ...

Offshore wind is a fledgling industry in the U.S. — one that, until this week, was poised for renewal after a slew of cancelled projects. The Biden administration had set a goal of deploying 30 ...

Offshore wind farms release significant amounts of metals like aluminum, zinc, and indium into the ocean due to corrosion-protection systems, posing risks to ecosystems, seafood safety, and human ...

The executive order he signed Monday temporarily halts offshore wind energy lease sales in federal waters and pauses approvals, permits and loans for both offshore and onshore wind. During the ...

Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.

President Trump paused an offshore wind project aimed at fighting climate change. Reporter Sabrina Shankman explains why and the fallout to political reporter James Pindell. (Photo by David L.