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The Trump administration has several avenues to block or stall offshore wind in New York. Photos: Dennis Schroeder / National Renewable Energy Lab; Tia Dufour / The White House | Illustration: Maha Ahmed
Offshore wind is crucial to the state’s plans for cleaning up its electric grid, and construction is already behind schedule. The incoming president could slow it down a whole lot more.