
Summer 2025 may be the first at the Jersey Shore in a long time without the imminent threat of windmills.
On Monday, the office of Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R, NJ-02) announced that the South Jersey legislator was working with President-elect Trump “on drafting an executive order that would halt offshore wind turbine activities along the East Coast and lay the groundwork for permanent measures against the projects” which “is expected to be finalized within the first few months of the administration.”
“These offshore wind projects should have never been approved in the first place,” said Van Drew. “The Biden administration rammed them through the approval process without proper oversight, transparent lease agreements, or a full understanding of their devastating consequences. They are an economic and environmental disaster waiting to happen. The Biden administration’s reckless green agenda put politics over people, and that ends now. President Trump is committed to stopping these harmful projects and is taking decisive action. This executive order is just the beginning. We will fight tooth and nail to prevent this offshore wind catastrophe from wreaking havoc on the hardworking people who call our coastal towns home.”
Activists, homeowners, and lovers of Jersey’s iconic beaches have been anxiously anticipated Trump’s action against offshore wind since the Republican won an historic second non-consecutive term back in November
“They only work if you get subsidy. The only people who want them are the people getting rich off windmills, getting massive subsidies from the U.S. government,” Trump opined at a recent Mar-a-Lago press conference, adding how “off the coast of New Jersey, they want build like 200 windmills. The people are going crazy; nobody wants them.”