Trump's latest anti-wind effort: Pay companies to abandon offshore leases
Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica I am now somewhat at the conclusion that he simply wants to see the world burn. Or... to be more precise, i am sure his handlers want this.
@arstechnica "The rhetoric that accompanied the announcement reads as if it were crafted by people with only a tenuous grip on reality." #Gold
@newstik @arstechnica really looks like the Acceleracionists (and in particular Militant Accelerationists) took the driving seat, with the rest of the world as hostages… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant_accelerationism
Militant accelerationism - Wikipedia

@arstechnica

Let's hope those companies use that money to build new ones in more rational countries.

@arstechnica I look forward to the restored US Democracy getting back all this money from Trump and his cronies that sponsored the destruction of Wind Power in the USA.
@rberger I look forward to seeing unicorns running free on the Great Plains.