The Trump administration claims this offshore wind project was rushed. The review started 14 years ago

Get the Full StoryThe Empire Wind project, designed to bring power to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, went through years of careful analysis before it got a permit. Then Trump shut down construction.

In early April, around 20 miles off the coast of Long Island, construction crews started working on Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind farm designed to power as many as half a million homes in New York. But on April 16, the Trump administration told the project to stop work.

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