The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday "terminated and withdrew" $679 million previously committed for offshore wind-energy infrastructure projects, days after the Trump administration took aim at the projects' "massive" tax subsidies and national security concerns.

The series of moves by the Trump administration is raising concerns about two offshore wind projects for Long Island that are already under construction, particularly after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy referred to offshore wind projects as "doomed."

His termination of the funding for ports to support wind-energy construction does not immediately impact plans for Long Island projects Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind being built off the coast, according to a preliminary review by one of the developers.

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