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The Trump administration has now committed approximately $1.8 billion in federal payments to energy companies willing to abandon offshore wind leases on both coasts, including a $120 million buyout of California's Golden State Wind project off Morro Bay. The deals, structured as "settlements" drawn from the DOJ Judgment Fund without congressional appropriation, face mounting legal challenges and threaten California's ability to meet its 2035 clean energy targets while eliminating thousands of projected construction jobs.