参议院许可法案的民主党首席谈判人谢尔登·怀特豪斯周三表示，特朗普政府针对海上风电项目的打压正在危及重塑美国重大基础设施项目审批流程的两党协议。
Sheldon Whitehouse, a lead Democratic negotiator on the Senate's permitting bill, said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s targeting of offshore wind projects is jeopardizing the bipartisan deal to overhaul the country's approval process for major infrastructure projects.
司法部周二晚间提交的一份法庭文件显示，该部正寻求重新审查位于马萨诸塞州海岸外的“新英格兰风电”项目的许可。这是政府近几周来针对的第四个项目。
In a court filing late Tuesday evening, the Justice Department said it was seeking to reopen a permit for the New England Wind project off Massachusetts. It is the fourth project targeted by the administration in recent weeks.
怀特豪斯周三向《政客》杂志回应称：“这就是搞垮许可协议的方式。”参议院两党议员本月初似乎已凭借《2026年两党美国可负担与就业法案》的提出取得重大突破。从根本上说，该协议将简化输电项目的许可流程——这是寻求推动清洁能源的民主党人的一大优先事项——同时对《清洁水法》和《国家环境政策法》进行修改，以满足寻求为化石燃料项目铺平道路的共和党人的诉求。
Whitehouse fired back on Wednesday, telling POLITICO, “This is how you blow up a permitting deal.”Senate Democrats and Republicans earlier this month appeared to have secured a major breakthrough with the proposal of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026. At its most basic, the deal would make it easier to permit transmission projects — a major priority for Democrats seeking to boost clean energy — while making tweaks to the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act sought by Republicans looking to pave the way for fossil fuel projects.
白宫似乎也表示支持。国家能源主导委员会负责人贾罗德·艾根上周在推特上发文称，“白宫继续支持许可改革！”然而，即便政府表达对许可改革的支持，它也在加大法律力度，针对拜登政府批准的海上风电项目发起攻击。首当其冲的是“革命风电”项目，这是一个装机容量704兆瓦、已在怀特豪斯的家乡罗得岛州海岸外投入运营的风电场。随后，政府又试图将“大西洋海岸”海上风电项目（位于新泽西州）和“马里兰海上风电”项目（两个均尚未开工建设）的许可发回重审。
The White House appeared to be on board, too. Jarrod Agen, the head of National Energy Dominance Council, tweeted last week that “the White House maintains support for PERMITTING REFORM!”Yet even as the administration expressed support for permitting reform, it was ratcheting up legal efforts to target offshore wind projects that had been approved by the Biden administration. First up was the Revolution Wind project, a 704-megawatt wind farm that's already operating off the coast of Whitehouse’s home state of Rhode Island. That was followed by attempts to remand permits for Atlantic Shores off New Jersey and Maryland Offshore Wind, two projects that have yet to start construction.
第四项行动发生在周二晚上，当时司法部请求哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院“发回重审，但不撤销”新英格兰风电项目的许可证。司法部表示，内政部需要重新评估其对《外大陆架土地法》的遵守情况。
The fourth arrived Tuesday night, when DOJ asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to “remand, without vacatur,” the permit for New England Wind. The Interior Department needs to reevaluate its compliance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, DOJ said.
司法部写道：“发回重审后，内政部将就施工与运营计划（COP）做出新的决定。”
“Upon remand, Interior would make a new decision regarding the COP,” DOJ wrote.
一位与白宫有联系的行业人士上周在接受《政治》（POLITICO）采访时表示，政府正寻求在许可谈判中获得对民主党的筹码。该人士因讨论敏感商业计划而要求匿名。
One industry source with ties to the White House, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive business plans, told POLITICO last week that the administration was seeking to gain leverage over Democrats in permitting talks.
“我觉得这有点搞砸了，”此人说，并指出这些举动在民主党内部引发了对该协议的不安。“我认为这是个蠢招，而且适得其反。做决定的人犯了战术错误。你不想成为那个搞砸许可改革的人。”白宫和内政部均未立即回应置评请求。
“I think this was kind of a fuck-up,” the person said, noting that the moves had created unease in Democratic ranks about the deal. “I think it is a dumb move and it’s blown up in their face. Whoever made the decision made a tactical error. You don’t want to be the guy who derailed permitting reform.”Neither the White House nor Interior immediately responded to a request for comment.