"The administration blacked out 27 pages of findings in a document the Interior secretary cited when he ordered a work stoppage on the offshore wind project."
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science.”
But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws.
The Trump administration has repeatedly refused to release the NOAA study Burgum cited in April as justification for halting Empire Wind I, which had all of its permits. Construction later restarted after President Donald Trump said he made a deal to boost natural gas pipeline capacity in New York.
The Interior Department, in response to a formal request by POLITICO’s E&E News for the study under the federal Freedom of Information Act, sent a copy of the report that was almost entirely blacked out with redactions. In all, 27 full pages were redacted.
Interior and NOAA — which is part of the Commerce Department — did not respond to requests for comment about the study."
Ian M. Stevenson and Mike Soraghan report for E&E News August 15, 2025.
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