The administration moved to cancel $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects, including a $427 million project in California and the Humboldt Bay terminal. The funding had been awarded under the Biden administration as part of a pivot toward green energy. Cancelled grants include $47 million for a Baltimore logistics and manufacturing hub, $48 million for a Staten Island terminal, and $33 million for a Salem, Massachusetts port redevelopment. Officials said the cuts aim to prioritize maritime industry revitalization and infrastructure; state leaders warned the cancellations will hurt business and cost jobs, including about 800 construction positions.
the funding was a waste of money that could otherwise go towards revitalising America's maritime industry. Thanks to President Trump, we are prioritising real infrastructure improvements over fantasy wind projects that cost much and offer little,
an example of the administration assaulting clean energy and infrastructure projects hurting business and killing jobs in rural areas, and ceding our economic future to China.
cancelling the Salem grant will cost 800 construction workers their jobs. The real waste here is the Trump administration cancelling tens of millions of dollars for a project that
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