MAINE MORNING STAR • February 12, 2025
For states that are pursuing plans to build more wind and solar projects, the federal government has suddenly shifted from a powerful ally to a formidable opponent. State leaders are still scrambling to make sense of President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders, funding freezes, agency directives and verbal threats about clean energy. Trump has slammed the brakes on offshore wind development, halted permitting for renewable energy projects, frozen grants and loans supporting rooftop solar panels and household weatherization assistance, and he’s created uncertainty around the tax credits that are a driver of clean energy development.