Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has directed the CDC to study possible harms from offshore wind farms. (Bloomberg)
The order: Kennedy instructed the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to investigate potential health and economic effects of offshore wind, including impacts on fishing businesses and exposure to electromagnetic fields from undersea cables.
The move aligns with the Trump administration’s broader campaign against offshore wind, which has already stalled or rescinded several multi-billion-dollar projects, citing environmental and national security concerns.