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DAILY ENERGY NEWS  | 08/07/2025
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It's pretty clear, people aren't really that excited about wind turbines.


KTVB7 (8/6/25) reports: "The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled a major wind farm development in Idaho, a project approved late in former President Joe Biden's term that had drawn criticism for its proximity to a historic site where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. The Bureau of Land Management in December signed off on a scaled-down plan for the Lava Ridge Wind Project northeast of Twin Falls, with 241 wind turbines instead of 400. But the development had been on hold since the first day of President Donald Trump's second term, when he issued an executive order halting the permitting of wind power projects across the country and telling the Interior Department to review the Lava Ridge decision. The project, five years in the works, faced opposition from local residents concerned about the height of the turbines — up to 660 feet (201 meters), or more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. It also drew concerns it would spoil views from the Minidoka National Historic Site, where thousands of Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II."

"America is adding 1.3 GW of new natural gas power to our grid—and delaying the retirement date of a 297 MW coal unit! THIS is how we energize the nation to fuel America’s next industrial surge!" 

 

– Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Nice work, Travis.


Cato Institute (8/6/25) reports: "The secretary’s plan was simple. We would reorient the debate about climate science and climate policy by confronting the gatekeepers head-on. Energy Secretary Chris Wright deserves a medal for standing firm while the rest of the world was losing its mind over carbon dioxide. When companies across the globe were producing glossy reports detailing how they were minimizing their carbon footprint, Wright was writing a book about how his company was bettering human lives. That’s the kind of leadership we need. Serving as liaison for the CWG report was the least I could do. And I thank my team at the Cato Institute for allowing me to say yes to Secretary Wright—they saw the value of this effort and have supported me at every turn."

Another day, another Biden legacy gone.


Fox News (8/5/25) reports: "The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is weighing a plan to slash a multibillion-dollar Biden-era green energy program focused on installing solar panels on residential properties, Fox News Digital has learned. The EPA is considering sending letters to dozens of nonprofits and state groups that received federal grants under the Biden administration's "Solar for All" program to inform them the grants have been canceled, the New York Times reported earlier Tuesday. The Solar for All program is a $7 billion initiative launched in 2024 to deliver residential solar to '900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households' across the country. The program was funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, and was touted by President Joe Biden's EPA Administrator Michael Regan and John Podesta, Biden's adviser for international climate policy, as a win for low-income homes in need of cheaper electric bills. "

Not sure what's worse, wind turbines or the government forcing your community to have them.


CNY Central (8/6/25) reports: "A proposed wind turbine project in Cayuga County has sparked significant opposition from local residents, who gathered in Auburn to express their concerns. The Agricola Wind Project, spearheaded by Liberty Renewables, plans to erect 24 wind turbines, each 650 feet tall, in the towns of Scipio and Venice. Construction could begin as early as next year, with the turbines expected to be operational by 2027. Jonathan Ryan, a resident of Venice, expressed frustration over the lack of public input.  'At no point during this whole process have we residents had any opportunity to vote. There's been no referendum. We have no say in this whole issue. So to me it's basically taxation without representation. We fought a war over that one time,' he said. Joe Marshall from Aurora echoed these sentiments, stating, 'Translated into English, every single one of these industrial wind and solar sites are being forced upon us– with or without our approval.' Melissa Alford, the planning board chair for the town of Scipio, estimated that '80 to 90% of our town's people are very much against this for a wide variety of reasons.'"

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