Shell US chief says Trump’s halting of wind – Business News
The Trump administration’s choice to halt absolutely permitted offshore wind power tasks is “very damaging” to investment, Shell US President Colette Hirstius instructed the Financial Times in a report revealed on Sunday.
Hirstius instructed the newspaper that power tasks with correct permits ought to be allowed to proceed and warned the political pendulum within the US may ultimately swing back in opposition to the oil and fuel sector.
“I think uncertainty in the regulatory environment is very damaging. However far the pendulum swings one way, its likely that its going to swing just as far the other way,” she instructed FT.
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Hirstius warned that the political pendulum within the US may ultimately swing back in opposition to the oil and fuel sector. REUTERS
“I certainly would like to see those projects that have been permitted in the past continue to be developed,” she mentioned.
Shell didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters’ request for remark.
The Trump administration mentioned in August it was canceling $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind tasks. Getty Images
In August, the Trump administration mentioned it was canceling $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind tasks, in a blow to an industry that was central to former President Joe Biden’s climate and power agendas.
London-listed Shell employs more than 11,000 people within the US and is the biggest producer of oil and fuel within the Gulf of Mexico.
