With new Governor, New Hampshire House votes to roll back offshore wind
New Hampshire | filed February 23, 2025
Credit: Margie Cullen · USA TODAY NETWORK - New England · Feb. 22, 2025 · seacoastonline.com
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Citing President Donald Trump’s executive order halting new federal offshore wind leases, the New Hampshire House voted Thursday to roll back offshore wind development in the state.
HB 682 would remove “offshore wind industry development” from the Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development and Energy Innovation. It would also repeal the Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Training Center Committee and the Offshore and Port Development Commission.
The legislation passed the House 206-163 largely along party lines.
What is Trump’s offshore wind executive order?
Trump’s executive order, signed Jan. 20, suspends the sale of offshore wind leases and the permitting for such projects from all areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf, pending an environmental and economic review.
However, it does not put a stop to wind farms that have already gone through the federal permitting process.
House Republicans celebrate offshore wind bill, Democrats warn about climate change
All House Republicans present Thursday voted for the legislation.
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