Severin Borenstein

economist (University of California-Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

  1. He has, from the very beginning of his political life, railed against wind power in general, saying many things that aren't true and many things that have a grain of truth.
    Severin Borenstein · The Indicator from Planet Money · Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms? · 2026-08-10
  2. There really isn't much evidence supporting those claims, and judges, when faced with those claims have generally rejected them. So they haven't been very successful in making a real case that there's a problem.
    Severin Borenstein · The Indicator from Planet Money · Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms? · 2026-08-10
  3. I mean, bans and moratoriums, sure, but actually spending federal money to take away these rights or to buy out these rights is extremely unusual.
    Severin Borenstein · The Indicator from Planet Money · Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms? · 2026-08-10