The Trump admin and congress are squeezing wind power from both sides: with the wind permitting pause still in place and DOI adding layers of high-level review, many projects will not be able to start construction to meet new deadlines for tax credits they may have been counting on 🔌💡

Our research dives into the IRA Energy Community adder that supports projects in brownfields and communities impacted by the fossil fuel transition. It finds that 1500+ projects were eligible for the adder - many of the projects yet to start construction now may be at risk with the early termination

one particularly egregious NEPA change tucked into the bill:

Despite their relatively small footprints, nearshore habitats are critical for coastal jobs, cultures, and resilience. They are also some of the most vulnerable. Focusing conservation closer to shore will bring benefits for coastal communities, but also its own set of political and social challenges

Less than 1% of the US population lives in Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific territories, yet these islands are home to 99% of the marine protected areas in the country. This is a big gap, but also a big opportunity to make ocean conservation more effective and equitable (2/5)

The double standard of crying overregulation and immediately using the full strength of the permitting hammer to block wind shows that Republicans are not serious about fixing permitting. It's a smoke screen to enrich the fossil industry while blocking competition from clean, cheap energy 🔌💡

also holy cow, I knew red districts had gotten more investments post-IRA but not THIS much more