The Trump Admin is cutting more green waste…
According to a Fox News report, President Trump’s Interior Department is scrapping what would have been one of the largest land-based wind farms in the country, reversing a project greenlit during President Joe Biden’s final weeks in office.
The Lava Ridge Wind Project, approved in December 2024 by Biden’s Bureau of Land Management, would have installed up to 231 turbines across 57,447 acres in southern Idaho, generating an estimated 1,000 megawatts of power.
After reviewing the plan, Trump officials cited “crucial legal deficiencies” in Biden’s approval process, claiming key statutory requirements were ignored—a conclusion that led to the project’s termination, according to a department press release.
“Under President Donald Trump’s bold leadership, the Department is putting the brakes on deficient, unreliable energy and putting the American people first,” said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. “By reversing the Biden administration’s thoughtless approval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project, we are protecting tens of thousands of acres from harmful wind policy while shielding the interests of rural Idaho communities. This decisive action defends the American taxpayer, safeguards our land, and averts what would have been one of the largest, most irresponsible wind projects in the nation.”
From Fox News:
The Interior Department’s action follows a Day One executive order signed by Trump that moved to place a temporary moratorium on the controversial wind project. The order was followed up by another executive directive from Idaho GOP Gov. Brad Little, which directed state agencies to comply with Trump’s order to halt the Lava Ridge project and other wind energy leasing in all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf.
In Trump’s executive order, the president also requested a new review be conducted by the Interior Department, citing the fact that the Biden administration may have skirted certain legal obligations associated with approving the Lava Ridge project.
More over at Fox News:
Trump admin nixes giant wind farm approved ‘last-minute’ by Biden teamhttps://t.co/JiviXVluF6
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) August 6, 2025
