Court documents show the administration has provided few details about its national security concerns when acting on coal plants, endangered species, offshore wind farms and more.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have invoked national security to push forward energy projects. Mark Schiefelbein/AP
Time and time again, the Trump administration has invoked national security to justify stopping work on offshore wind projects, extending the life of aging coal plants, removing protections for endangered species and more.
What those national security concerns entail is anyone’s guess.
Trump’s day one declaration of a “national energy emergency” supercharged the administration’s efforts to quell renewable energy development while boosting fossil fuels.
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