President Donald Trump issued an executive action suspending offshore wind leasing from all areas of the outer continental shelf pending an environmental and economic review, the White House said on Monday.

"We're not going to do the wind thing," Trump said during an event after his inauguration. A White House press release earlier in the day said Trump intended to end new leasing for "massive wind farms.

President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.

U.S. President Donald Trump in his first day of office on Monday suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.