Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms?

特朗普为何出资阻止风力发电场建设?

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-08-10

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President Trump is no fan of wind farms. And his administration is putting taxpayer money where his mouth is, paying companies billions of dollars to NOT build them.  On today’s show, Trump’s plan to squelch wind farms with the public purse.  Fact checking by Tyler Jones.  Your Next Listen — Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators) Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s brand new newsletter — Find our socials, YouTube and more! — For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+ Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR.

  • This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong, here with friend of the show and host of the public radio podcast Outside In, Nate Hedgie.

  • Hey, Nate.

  • Hey, Waylon.

  • It's great to be back.

  • What do you got today?

  • First, I've got a question for you.

  • If the government doesn't want more of something, what does it normally do?

  • Pass a law against it, like a ban or a moratorium?

  • Yeah, exactly.

  • Remember Biden putting a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling?

  • Or when former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg banned big sodas.

  • Remember that?

  • Oh, yeah.

  • I wasn't living there at the time, but it was national news.

  • Did it end up sticking?

  • No, it did not.

  • I looked it up recently.

  • Did not stick.