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The administration paid a French company $1 billion to abandon renewable development, prompting blue state lawsuits. It's also dismantling AMOC monitoring infrastructure scientists say is critical to predicting climate catastrophe.
The Trump administration paid a French company $1 billion to abandon renewable energy development and is dismantling monitoring systems for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the current that regulates global climate patterns. Blue states are already filing lawsuits over the wind cancellation.
These moves happen in tandem, which reveals the underlying logic. Offshore wind would compete with fossil fuels; canceling it costs $1 billion but serves that interest. Dismantling AMOC monitoring removes the ability to track one of the most consequential climate systems on Earth. Scientists say AMOC disruption could mean catastrophic climate shifts. Without monitoring, there's no early warning, no data to contradict optimistic narratives, and no pressure to act. It's not just policy reversal—it's policy reversal plus the elimination of the infrastructure that would document why it was a mistake.
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