2025-12-23
12 分钟The Trump administration's battle against the U.S.
wind industry picks up as it stops construction of offshore wind projects.
Plus Paramount sweetens its offer for Warner with a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison.
And how toxic fumes in airplanes are being linked to illness and even death.
Doctors see the effects of human events as potentially being very similar to the kind of brain injuries that soldiers experience when they're on the battlefield,
either from concussive blasts or from, you know, chemical exposure,
or even NFL players or soccer players on the pitch, on the field.
It's Monday, December 22nd.
I'm Alex O'Sulliv for The Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
you Today, the Trump administration stopped construction on all offshore wind projects in the U.S.
The Interior Department said it paused the federal leases for five projects due to emerging national security risks.
It's the most significant action the administration has taken so far against one of the president's least favorite industries.
The decision affects projects from Martha's Vineyard down to Virginia.
A wind industry group says the projects would have delivered almost six gigawatts of electricity,
roughly enough to power Manhattan.
In other Trump administration news, President Trump is set to announce that the U.S.
Navy will build a new class of warships called Trump-class battleships that will become the centerpiece of the president's vision for a new Golden Fleet.
That's according to a U.S.