# Interior Department curtails federal offshore-wind leasing and approvals in 2025

Date: 2025

On 29 July 2025 the U.S. Department of the Interior ended preferential treatment for wind projects by applying heightened review and directing related federal policy changes. This record is limited to that documented administrative action and does not attribute unrelated energy-production outcomes to it.

## People

- Doug Burgum: https://factrail.ai/people/doug-burgum

## Drivers

- Renewable capacity buildout: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-renewable-buildout
- Fossil-fuel subsidies: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-fossil-fuel-subsidies

## Sources

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## Methodology

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Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/energy-fact-burgum-offshore-wind-halt-2025