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The Trump administration canceled plans for offshore wind power.
An area of more than 3.5 million acres had been deemed suitable for wind energy development. Now, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is rescinding all designated wind energy areas in federal waters, citing what it calls 鈥渟peculative wind development.鈥� Offshore wind lease sales were anticipated off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Maine, New York, California, and Oregon. 鈥� AP
Associated Press
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