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Federal judge lifts administration halt of offshore wind farm in New England

https://apnews.com/article/trump-renewable-energy-offshore-wind-revolution-wind-f1cbe85a829e3d5e5496f834bcb617d1
90•zekrioca•1h ago

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add-sub-mul-div•1h ago
Context:

> President Donald Trump has made sweeping strides to prioritize fossil fuels and hinder renewable energy projects. Trump recently called wind and solar power “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY!” in a social media post and vowed not to approve wind or “farmer destroying Solar” projects. “The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!” he wrote on his Truth Social site this week.

jacquesm•40m ago
It's the 2nd installment of the years of stupidity so technically that is a little bit right. That 'scam of the century' is powering a good chunk of the USA grid but never mind the details.
nielsbot•20m ago
Trump would have to have human empathy to look into the details. He doesn't have any.
softwaredoug•1h ago
Shadow docket here we come.
djohnston•58m ago
That sort of instability is so damaging beyond the boundaries of his term. Hopefully this restores a bit of confidence.
ascendantlogic•20m ago
The Supreme Court is determined to give him unfettered power to do whatever he wants so I'm sure once it reaches them they'll strike down whatever the lower court does to stop him.
esseph•58m ago
My theory is that he wants to use the sale of US fossil fuels to pay off the debt. Maybe that's bogus, just my uneducated opinion!

(I also think it's incredibly shortsighted)

margalabargala•49m ago
In terms of being able to pay off a debt, having more resources (power from wind and fossil fuels) is strictly better than less (just the fossil fuels).

So that's not even remotely economically sound or logical.

In conclusion you're probably right.

bawolff•4m ago
I suppose hypothetically if he significantly increased royalties/export fees/whatever and joined OPEC to manipulate the price of oil, it might help.

Obviously that would be crazy.

Tostino•47m ago
Why would hamstringing a domestic clean energy project be a good idea in that case? The less gas we use domestically, the more we can sell on the international market.
detourdog•39m ago
Eliminating funds for bike paths doesn't make sense either but it's policy.
Tostino•35m ago
Singing to the choir on that one.
guelo•39m ago
If he cared about the debt he wouldn't have added $4 trillion extra to the debt with the ridiculous One Big Beautiful Bill.
WaltPurvis•25m ago
Exporting fossil fuels nets the government <$150 billion per year, while the federal government's debt is >$37 trillion (and growing by trillions per year). It's impossible to expand the sale of fossil fuels enough to make any kind of noticeable dent in the debt.
nielsbot•22m ago
Don't overthink it. I'd bet people in his admin and adjacent to it benefit from the existing fossil fuel regime and will do anything to stall progress on renewables

Trump is a monster who would throw his own children into a furnace if it made him richer.

nick49488171•17m ago
The only debts he want to pay off are those in his personal accounts.
phkahler•5m ago
>> My theory is that he wants to use the sale of US fossil fuels to pay off the debt

If that were the case, he should be happy for alternative energy projects to free up some fuel for sale.

JumpCrisscross•38m ago
"Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, 'Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless.

'What giants?' asked Sancho Panza.

'Those you see over there,' replied his master, 'with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length.'

'Take care, sir,' cried Sancho. 'Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone.'"

noncoml•7m ago
SC is gonna shut it down. Anyone taking bets?

Ask HN: How are you dealing with documentation these days?

1•yakkomajuri•2m ago•0 comments

US fall foliage map 2025

https://www.explorefall.com/fall-foliage-map
1•rappatic•2m ago•0 comments

Edward Teller Last Interview (2002)

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a2020/esq0102-jan-teller/
1•JumpinJack_Cash•7m ago•0 comments

Turn Your Phone into a Robot

https://www.instructables.com/Turn-Your-Phone-into-a-Robot/
1•wslh•8m ago•0 comments

Waterloo built an LRT more cheaply than other North American cities [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uttoyAX4ntc
1•zahlman•9m ago•1 comments

$37B 'Stargate of China' project takes shape

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-is-converting-farmland-i...
2•jonbaer•10m ago•0 comments

The CSS Handbook, 2025 edition

https://flaviocopes.com/the-css-handbook-2025-edition/
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Wearable Electrochemical Platform for Continuous Sweat Lactate Detection

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202502655
1•PaulHoule•24m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is there no way to incrementally backup from Google photos?

3•mijoharas•24m ago•3 comments

Everyone builds apps for where the night starts. We built one for where it ends

https://myaftr.com/
1•Jessenet•26m ago•1 comments

American students are getting dumber

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5•JumpCrisscross•27m ago•2 comments

The pattern language of software architecture

https://metapatterns.io
1•t-3•27m ago•0 comments

Apple steps up war of words with European regulators

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly930y90lro
2•tchalla•29m ago•0 comments

As Good as a Coin Toss: Human Detection of AI-Generated Content

https://cacm.acm.org/research/as-good-as-a-coin-toss-human-detection-of-ai-generated-content/
2•pseudolus•32m ago•2 comments

Thundering Herd Problem: Preventing the Stampede

https://distributed-computing-musings.com/2025/08/thundering-herd-problem-preventing-the-stampede/
1•pbardea•33m ago•0 comments

Grepctl: Semantic Search for Your Data Lake

https://github.com/gregorymulla/grepctl
2•GregoryMulla•34m ago•1 comments

Ron DiMenna, Founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, Has Died

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2025/09/obituary-ron-jon-surf-shop-founder-ron-dimenna-who-turned-sur...
2•NaOH•35m ago•1 comments

US Intel officials "concerned" China will soon master reusable launch

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/us-intel-officials-cite-reusable-launch-as-difference-maker...
1•pseudolus•36m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Minimalist automatic Prettier formatting plugin for Vite

https://github.com/kekyo/prettier-max
1•kekyo•36m ago•0 comments

How Climate Change Is Fueling Your Sugar Addiction

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/how-climate-change-is-fueling-your-sugar-addiction/
1•sizzle•37m ago•1 comments

Predicting the Future: The Supergroup of AI, Humans, Hedgehogs and Foxes

https://www.newsweek.com/nw-ai/predicting-future-supergroup-ai-humans-hedgehogs-foxes-2132146
1•T-A•39m ago•0 comments

Bayes vs. Frequentists – An Empirical Test in Code

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2•whack•40m ago•1 comments

Building ventilation invented by ancient Persians/Romans making modern comeback

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-solar-chimneys-1.7636962
2•bookofjoe•40m ago•0 comments

Food Defect Levels Handbook

https://www.fda.gov/food/current-good-manufacturing-practices-cgmps-food-and-dietary-supplements/...
1•georgecmu•42m ago•0 comments

Your Kitchen Is Full of Microplastics. Here’s How to Eat Less of Them

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250919-how-to-eat-less-plastic
1•sizzle•43m ago•0 comments

Don't Purchase Your iPhone with AppleCare+

https://ssg.dev/dont-purchase-your-iphone-with-applecare/
2•sedatk•52m ago•2 comments

One like, one writing opinion (thread)

https://bsky.app/profile/p-h-lee.bsky.social/post/3lusg3yqdk22v
1•colinprince•53m ago•0 comments

Trump links autism to Tylenol and vaccines, claims not backed by science

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-expected-link-autism-with-tylen...
10•geox•54m ago•8 comments

Wan-Animate: Unified Character Animation, Replacement with Holistic Replication

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14055
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Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations

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2•akyuu•55m ago•1 comments