Blue States Consider Backing Fossil Fuels to Save Wind Farms

Wind turbine foundation components at the Revolution Wind construction hub at the Port of Providence in Rhode Island.Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg

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By Georgia Hall, Jennifer A Dlouhy, and Josh Eidelson

September 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM UTC

Updated on

September 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM UTC

Governors in the US Northeast are considering dropping resistance to natural gas pipelines and other fossil fuel projects in the hopes they can convince President Donald Trump to allow offshore wind farms to move forward.

The Democratic governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are racing to save wind projects worth billions of dollars along the East Coast after the Trump administration halted construction of one and is moving to rescind permits for others.