Trump has a long history of attacking wind turbines, arguing that they kill birds and cost more than they generate in revenue.

The Trump administration has lifted a month-old stop-work order on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York, in a compromise with the state that could also see cancelled plans for a gas pipeline revived,

Empire Wind, an offshore wind power facility that would supply electricity to New York, would be constructed about 20 miles offshore of Long Branch.