New Jersey wind farm cancellations ignite debate on climate funding, industry support, and environmental policy amid rising tensions.

The cancellation of two New Jersey offshore wind farms has sparked calls for the federal government to bolster the industry due to rising inflation and supply chain shortages. Republicans have cheered the cancellation of the wind farms, citing unproven claims about their risk to whales and sea life. A study has found that the Earth is set to warm far more quickly than the United Nations’s climate change panel predicted. Wealthy nations are cutting the amount of funding they are giving developing countries for climate adaptation measures, while the need for that funding grows. Republican senators have proposed a bill that would impose a fee on imports from high-emitting countries to protect U.S. manufacturers from foreign competition. Environmental advocates are pushing for a Green New Deal, criticizing the Biden administration for approving new liquified natural gas export terminals, while Democrats are calling for an investigation into ExxonMobil and Chevron’s proposed acquisitions of other large oil companies.