U.S. Energy Policy

The Trump administration ordered an immediate, at‑least‑90‑day pause on construction‑phase leases for five East Coast offshore wind farms — Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind — citing classified Defense Department assessments that recent adversary technological advances and turbine radar “clutter” could pose national security risks. BOEM acting director Matthew Giacona sent letters directing developers to suspend work while Interior, the Defense Department and other agencies assess whether those risks can be mitigated (the pause can be extended), a move critics and industry groups say conflicts with prior DoD reviews that raised no objections and comes amid broader legal and political battles over offshore wind.