Content, updates and call to action:

by IAS climate team member: Anntonnette Zembrzuska Alberti

IAS Member Action Helps Restart Critical Offshore Wind Project

Earlier this month, Indivisible ADK Saratoga  members  contacted  congressional representatives in support of the Empire Wind offshore wind project—one of the most important clean energy projects in New York. At stake was a federal Stop Work Order that threatened to delay construction and undermine the state’s ability to meet its climate targets.Thanks to  calls and advocacy, the Stop Work Order has now been lifted—a major win for clean energy, union jobs, and efforts to avoid new fossil fuel infrastructure like natural gas pipelines. Our collective action helped get this project back on track.

The Trump administration targeted offshore wind on day one by issuing an executive order aimed at halting progress on clean energy in federal waters. While the Stop Work Order on Empire Wind has been lifted, other offshore wind projects remain at risk, with similar delays or disruptions still possible. This is part of a broader effort to undermine climate action and prop up fossil fuel interests. We will need to stay vigilant and ready to mobilize again to protect the clean energy future New York—and the planet—desperately needs.

We’re proud that our chapter could play a role in protecting progress toward a cleaner, more resilient energy future for New York.

Critical IRA Threat: Act Now to Protect Clean Energy Investments

After celebrating the lifting of the stop work order for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, we now must turn to protecting critical IRA investments in clean energy. The massive Reconciliation proposal rescinding critical Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) clean energy investment and manufacturing tax credits passed a second important House of Representatives Committee the week of May 20, 2025 and cleared another hurdle on its way a final passage in the House.  

At this writing the senate has yet to pass this bill; we need our renewable energy supporters to help fight for the best bill possible. Several senate Republicans are already warning drastic cuts to the IRA would kill jobs and investments in their states.  We need everyone to call their federal representatives today. Urge your U.S. Senator and Congressperson to support offshore wind and clean energy to protect the good jobs you’re creating in your district and state by standing up against the Reconciliation proposal.

This current bill proposal will impact multiple, shovel-ready offshore energy projects and harm American manufacturers and shipbuilders by:  Killing renewable projects by sunsetting development tax credits years early, and imposing unworkable regulations on when tax credits can be realized, making it harder to finance a renewable project and driving up costs by killing tax credit transferability, increasing unavoidable penalties for participating global supply chain and harming American factories and shipbuilding by targeting offshore wind manufacturing tax credits unfairly .