Dept. of Interior bribes oil company $1B from taxpayer coffers to stop wind power
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/SSE-Renewables-TotalEnergies_first-power-generation-from-the-Seagreen-offshore-wind-farm-1024x660-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1200" /></div><p>The Department of the Interior, headed by a man who has received<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lee-zeldin/industries?cid=N00029404&cycle=CAREER"> hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from oil companies</a>, just declared it will spend $1 billion of your dollars to convince a French oil company, TotalEnergies, to stop development of affordable, reliable offshore wind and instead shift to expensive, unreliable liquified methane gas.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/23/dept-of-interior-bribes-oil-company-1b-from-taxpayer-coffers-to-stop-wind-power/#more-460755">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/SSE-Renewables-TotalEnergies_first-power-generation-from-the-Seagreen-offshore-wind-farm-1024x660-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1200" /></div><p>The Department of the Interior, headed by a man who has received<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lee-zeldin/industries?cid=N00029404&cycle=CAREER"> hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from oil companies</a>, just declared it will spend $1 billion of your dollars to convince a French oil company, TotalEnergies, to stop development of affordable, reliable offshore wind and instead shift to expensive, unreliable liquified methane gas.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/23/dept-of-interior-bribes-oil-company-1b-from-taxpayer-coffers-to-stop-wind-power/#more-460755">more…</a>