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Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency
The Republican frontrunner has vowed to put an end to ‘horrible’ wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy
Trump repeated false accusations about wind projects as being lethal to whales during a rally on Saturday in Wildwood, a resort city on New Jersey’s coast, promising to stamp out an industry that has been enthusiastically backed by Joe Biden. But a spate of dead whales have washed up on US east coast beaches, including in New Jersey, providing ammunition to groups, some funded by the fossil fuel industry, that have called for a ban on offshore wind. Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/AP“It’s incredibly concerning, shortsighted and misguided to see these sort of comments,” said Allison McLeod, senior policy director at New Jersey’s League of Conservation Voters and a former marine protected species observer.
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