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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency

Man in suit and red Maga hat holds campaign rally
Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, over the weekend. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects “on day one” of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a series of promises to undo key aspects of the transition to cleaner energy.

Trump repeated false accusations about wind projects as being lethal to whales during a rally on Saturday in Wildwood, a resort city on New Jersey’s coast, promising to stamp out an industry that has been enthusiastically backed by Joe Biden.

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