PETER GLEICK – On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks” in new classified studies from the Defense Department that suggested the projects could cause “clutter” or radar interference. It’s hard not to conclude that this claim is specious—a new excuse to try to stop wind projects that Trump personally doesn’t like—especially since these projects had all previously been reviewed and approved by the Defense Department with no objections.