President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach. (Evan Vucci)
"The only people that want them are the people getting rich off windmills, getting massive subsidies from the U.S. government," he added. "You don’t want energy that needs subsidy."
The incoming president has also claimed potential interference with sea mammals is an issue, specifically in Massachusetts.
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"You see what's happening up in the Massachusetts area, where they had two whales wash ashore in I think a 17-year period," Trump said during the news conference. "Now they had 14 this season. The windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously."
Trump finds consensus with some environmental groups on the issue.
"That's the only thing out there that's changed, and it's changed dramatically," said Constance Gee of Green Oceans, a group that strives to protect ocean life, according to WCVB 5. "There is so much ship traffic out there. It's so loud. There's piledriving. There's sub-bottom profiling with sonar."
The National Marine Fisheries Service, however, says that there is no evidence currently connecting wind turbines and whale deaths.
Wind turbines spin to produce electricity on Aug. 20, 2010. (2010 Getty Images)
"Like the canary in the coal mine, the recent spate of tragic whale deaths shed new light and increased scrutiny to the fast-tracking of thousands of wind turbines off our coast," Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said in March 2023.
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Over the past four years, President Joe Biden has made major investments in the offshore wind industry as part of his green energy push, approving the nation's first 11 commercial scale offshore wind projects.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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