President Donald Trump has asserted that his administration will not support any further expansions to wind energy in America.
Trump has never made a secret of his disdain for what he views as green energy boondoggles.
He recently underscored that point during a signing event at the White House.
As The Hill reports, Trump dropped the hammer on wind energy during remarks made while signing measures designed to reverse California’s electric vehicle mandate.
Trump vowed not to approve any expansion of wind energy generation outside of emergency scenarios.
The president held little back when discussing what he sees as the highly detrimental effects of wind energy production initiatives.
Aside from its limited viability, Trump also slammed the aesthetic and environmental consequences of wind energy.
He declared, “We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed.”
Touching on the proliferation of wind farms seen in recent years all across the country, Trump continued:
“You go and look at these beautiful plans and valleys, and they’re loaded up with this garbage that gets worse and worse looking with time.”
The president noted that only an exigent scenario of national proportions would be sufficient to change his mind on the subject.
“We’re not going to approve windmills unless something happens that’s an emergency,” he concluded.
“I guess it could happen, but we’re not doing any of them.”
Trump registered his disapproval of wind energy extensively while on the campaign trail last year and upon taking office early this year.
His administration is now taking some measured steps to begin curtailing its expansion.
On Jan. 20, Trump issued an executive order placing what was described as a temporary halt to new wind project approvals.
According to the order, onshore wind project development was only slated to be stopped until an assessment of permitting practices could be conducted by the administration.
The language of the order indicated that the assessment would assess the potentially “grave harm” that wind projects may cause.
The environmental impact on communities of “defunct and idle windmills” was also a subject slated for review as part of the ordered pause.
No timeline for the aforementioned assessment was provided, and The Hill suggests that no movement on the advancement of any new wind projects appears to be imminent.
Though it remains to be seen whether the administration will hold fast to the president’s pledge and prevent wind energy expansion during his term in office, there appears to be little doubt about how Trump feels about the idea.
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