WTF! [NYTimes]: Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms

In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere. By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/climate/offshore-wind-gas-trump-total.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.0qz3.Ky8_BXCFNsil&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms

In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.

The New York Times

@jackhutton the orange tyrant sure loves to throw around our taxpayer dollars!

โ€œThe deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company **for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power**. It comes as the war in the Middle East has shocked global oil markets, prompting concerns about energy supplies.โ€