"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

"A week before the 2024 election, Idaho’s largest electric utility struck a 35-year deal to buy power from a wind farm under development in Wyoming.

The Jackalope Wind project would span an area the size of Chicago, with hundreds of wind turbines generating clean electricity by 2027.

But the wind farm soon became a casualty of President Trump’s efforts to slow — and sometimes revoke — federal approvals for wind and solar projects. A key environmental review of Jackalope by the Interior Department was stalled for months, and the project is now effectively dead.

Similar stories are unfolding nationwide. While Mr. Trump’s attacks on offshore wind have been highly visible, his administration has also been hobbling solar and wind energy projects on land by halting or delaying federal approvals that were once routine."

Brad Plumer and Rebecca F. Elliott report for the New York Times February 4, 2026. [2]