
珍妮弗·麦克德莫特、马修·戴利 华盛顿报道 —— 特朗普政府正请求一名联邦法官允许其重新审视一项大型海上风电场的主要联邦许可,这已是共和党领导层近几个月来针对的第四个项目。
JENNIFER McDERMOTT, MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm, making it the fourth project the Republican leadership has targeted in recent months.
内政部希望重新审视其自身对位于马萨诸塞州海岸外的“新英格兰风电”项目“施工与运营计划”的批准。该计划于2024年拜登政府时期获批。司法部周二在一份法庭文件中表示,法院应将该许可发回内政部,因为该计划在存在重大不利影响的情况下仍获批准。
The Interior Department wants to reconsider its own approval for the “construction and operations plan” for the New England Wind project off of Massachusetts. The plan was approved in 2024 during the Biden administration. The Justice Department said in a filing Tuesday the court should remand the permit, sending it back to Interior, because the plan was approved despite major adverse impacts.
开发商安万吉(Avangrid)周三拒绝置评。施工尚未开始。
The developer, Avangrid, declined to comment Wednesday. Construction has not begun.
特朗普政府正利用行政命令、机构行动和法院诉讼,试图阻止海上风电的发展。总统唐纳德·特朗普曾抨击这一产业和技术“丑陋”且不可靠,不如煤炭和天然气等化石燃料。在联邦法官阻止其叫停五个美国东海岸主要项目的建设努力后,政府开始回购海上风电租赁权。
The Trump administration is using executive orders, agency actions and the courts to try to stop the development of offshore wind, an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. It started buying back offshore wind leases after federal judges blocked its efforts to stop construction on five major East Coast projects.
美国参议员、罗德岛州民主党人谢尔登·怀特豪斯警告称,政府现在有使一项加快新能源和基础设施项目许可审查的立法努力脱轨的风险。参议院于9月达成了一项两党许可法案协议,但尚未进行表决。“这就是搞砸一项许可协议的方式,”他在周三的一份声明中说。
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, warned that the administration now risks derailing a legislative effort to speed up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects. The Senate reached a bipartisan deal in September on a permitting bill, which has not yet been voted on. “This is how you blow up a permitting deal,” he said in a statement Wednesday.
美国内政部还希望重新审视其此前对“革命风电”项目建设和运营计划的批准,该风电场为罗德岛州和康涅狄格州供电,目前已建设完工;以及“马里兰海上风电项目”,该项目尚未开工建设。8月,一名法官批准了政府重新审视已停滞的新泽西州项目“大西洋海岸”许可证的请求。该项目在特朗普重返白宫后不久即被叫停,因为合资方壳牌公司退出了该项目。
The Interior Department also wants to reconsider its prior approval of the construction and operations plan for Revolution Wind, a wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut that has finished construction, and for the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which has not yet begun construction. In August, a judge granted the administration’s request to reconsider the permit for the stalled New Jersey project Atlantic Shores. That project had been halted soon after Trump returned to office because co-owner Shell walked away from it .
去年,一名联邦法官裁定,特朗普政府可以在总统就职典礼前几天,重新审视授予马萨诸塞州项目“南海岸风电”的许可证。
Last year, a federal judge said the Trump administration could reconsider the permit granted to the Massachusetts project SouthCoast Wind days before the president’s inauguration.
自然资源保护委员会海上风电战略师帕莎·芬伯格表示,正值美国民众因公用事业账单飙升而苦不堪言之际,特朗普政府对海上风电的打压正在升级。
Pasha Feinberg, an offshore wind strategist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the Trump administration’s attacks on offshore wind are escalating at a time when Americans are struggling with surging utility bills.
代表包括石油和风电在内的海上产业的全国海洋工业协会表示,担心重新开启联邦对海上能源项目的审批会带来不确定性,特别是那些已在建或在运的项目。
The National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore industries including oil and wind, said it’s concerned about the uncertainty that comes with reopening federal approvals for offshore energy projects, particularly those already under construction or in operation.
“新英格兰风电”项目计划安装多达129台风力涡轮机,可提供高达2600兆瓦的清洁能源,每年为超过90万户家庭供电。
The plans for New England Wind call for up to 129 wind turbines that could supply as much as 2,600 megawatts of clean energy to power more than 900,000 homes each year.
该项目的联邦批准曾遭到“为鲸鱼而行动”组织在法庭上提出挑战,该组织由马萨诸塞州南塔基特居民组成,他们称担心海上风电开发带来的负面影响。向哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院提起的诉讼主张,联邦政府未能遵守多项法规。
Its federal approval was challenged in court by ACK for Whales, a group of Nantucket, Massachusetts, residents who say they are concerned about the negative impacts of offshore wind development. The lawsuit in District Court for the District of Columbia contends that the federal government failed to comply with numerous statutes.
本案联邦政府被告周二提交动称,发回重审该许可证是合理的,以便内政部做出新的决定。政府还曾在2025年告知法院,希望重新审视“新英格兰风电”项目的批准。
The federal defendants in the case filed a motion Tuesday stating that remand of the permit is warranted, so Interior could make a new decision. The government also told the court in 2025 it wanted to reconsider New England Wind’s approval.
美国内政部周三表示,最新提交的文件符合简报时间表,并非宣布政策变更。该部门称,其在海上风电方面的立场在整个政府任期内保持一致。
Interior said Wednesday that the latest filing complied with a briefing schedule, and was not announcing a policy change. It says its position on offshore wind has remained consistent throughout this administration.
安万吉(Avangrid)与哥本哈根基础设施合作伙伴(Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners)合资,在马萨诸塞州海岸外建设了另一座风电场——葡萄园风电场(Vineyard Wind)。施工于3月完工,使其成为特朗普任内首个达到这一阶段的项目。葡萄园风电场曾是政府试图叫停施工的项目之一,理由是担忧国家安全。
Avangrid built another wind farm, Vineyard Wind, off the coast of Massachusetts in a joint venture with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Construction finished in March , making it the first project to reach this stage during Trump’s time in office. Vineyard Wind was one of the projects the administration tried to halt construction on , citing concerns over national security.
麦克德莫特(McDermott)从罗德岛普罗维登斯发回报道。
McDermott reported from Providence, R.I.