US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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On Monday, the US Department of the Interior announced that it was pausing the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the US. The move comes despite the fact that these projects already have installed significant hardware in the water and on land; one of them is nearly complete. In what appears to be an attempt to avoid legal scrutiny, the Interior is blaming the decisions on a classified report from the Department of Defense.

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US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

Projects with hardware in the water stopped due to Department of Defense fears.

^{John Timmer (Ars Technica)}