Trump administration asks judge to let it reconsider permit for large offshore wind farm
Photo: Washington TimesThe Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm, according to reports datelined Washington. The Interior Department wants to reconsider its own approval of the project. It is the fourth project the Republican leadership has targeted in recent months. The reports' headline said the move risks a deal to speed approvals of new energy projects.
Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. The coverage that exists focuses on the administration's court request and on the count of four targeted projects. The alternative/independent report, from AP, opens with the request to the judge, notes that Interior wants to revisit its own approval, and stresses the risk to the approvals deal in its headline. The right-leaning Washington Times ran the same headline and the same opening sentence, with no additional framing in the available text. Neither excerpt names the wind farm or quotes an official, so the available text shows no real disagreement between the two sides.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered the story; alternative and right sources run the same account of the permit request, with no differences in emphasis.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
AP leads with the administration's request to a federal judge and Interior's wish to reconsider its own approval, and its headline stresses the risk to a deal on speeding approvals.
The Washington Times carries the same headline and opening sentence, centering the request to reconsider the permit and the fourth targeted project, with no added voices in the excerpt.