Permit for offshore wind farm voided after Trump opposed project
Credit: By Jennifer A Dlouhy · March 14, 2025 at bloomberg.com ~~
A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”
The decision to remand an Environmental Protection Agency air pollution permit for the Atlantic Shores South venture is the boldest strike yet against a wind farm since Trump took office in January and halted permitting the projects. It is also an unusual decision – coming nearly six months after the EPA issued that final air permit to the wind farm, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America.
The action came at the hands of the US government’s Environmental Appeals Board, after a legal challenge mounted by area residents [Save Long Beach Island (LBI)] who oppose the project and say they are concerned about possible destructive effects.
In late February, the EPA asked the appeals board for a voluntary remand, sending the permit back to the agency for reconsideration. That remand was granted Friday, over the developer’s objections.
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2025/03/15/permit-for-offshore-wind-farm-voided-after-trump-opposed-project/
