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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:10 AM Sep 2025

Economic fallout mounts as Trump halts near-finished wind power project - PBS NewsHour



Last month, the Trump administration abruptly halted construction on a nearly completed $6 billion, 65-turbine wind farm off the coast of New England, known as Revolution Wind. The holdup has put thousands out of work and raises big questions about not just the future of this project, but similar efforts across the eastern seaboard. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports from Connecticut. - Aired on 09/16/2025.
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Economic fallout mounts as Trump halts near-finished wind power project - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 OP
Six billion?! FBaggins Sep 2025 #1
The point is that it's almost finished, especially at that cost, but one man's opinion prevented it from being finished Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 #2

FBaggins

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1. Six billion?!
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 03:05 AM
Sep 2025

I thought it was supposed to be $1.5 Billion.

The model uses is massive (10MW+ each)… but it makes no sense at that price

Rhiannon12866

(258,986 posts)
2. The point is that it's almost finished, especially at that cost, but one man's opinion prevented it from being finished
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 03:19 AM
Sep 2025

Because he doesn't like "the way it looks."

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