Amo calls the Revolution Wind halt a reckless action that hikes energy prices
Gabe AmoU.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Amo said he stood against what he called Donald Trump's reckless action forcing union workers out of work and raising energy prices, and said he would not be silent about what he called the weaponization of the federal government to disrupt clean energy investment.
“I’m proud to link arms with leaders in our state to stand against Donald Trump’s reckless action that forces union workers out of work and hikes energy prices I will not be silent in the face of the weaponization of the federal government to disrupt clean energy investments that will lower costs for Rhode Islanders and advance solutions to the climate crisis”
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Was the federal government justified in halting Revolution Wind construction?
Federal officials halted construction of Revolution Wind off Rhode Island in August and December 2025, citing national-security concerns. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the December pause, while Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse criticized the interruptions. A federal judge granted preliminary injunctions against both orders. In September 2026, Connecticut announced installation of the project's final turbine.
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Press release from the Rhode Island governor's office on a Quonset event where the governor, the state's congressional delegation and union leaders criticized the federal stop-work order on Revolution Wind. It quotes the governor, both senators, both House members and several labor and college leaders.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered work on Revolution Wind to stop on Friday, August 22, 2025. The governor's office said in the release that the project was about 80 percent complete, with 45 of its 65 turbines standing.
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The release says the leaders at the Quonset event vowed to keep pressing for a reversal of the order so the project could be finished in 2026 as planned.
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The case asks whether the federal halts of Revolution Wind construction were justified. Amo says he stands against Donald Trump's reckless action that forces union workers out of work and hikes energy prices, and says he will not be silent about what he called the weaponization of the federal government to disrupt clean energy investments. The release presents his remarks as a response to the stop-work order, and they reject the halt itself, so we used the Condemned label.
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