As gas prices skyrocket due to the energy crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, the White House has agreed to pay almost $1 billion to halt the construction of wind farms off the East Coast.
In a deal the New York Times called “unusual,” the Trump administration has compelled the French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies to forfeit its lease for wind farms that were to be built off the coasts of New York and North Carolina by promising to reimburse the company the $928 milli