【文章标题】：$900M paid out to end wind farm project going to firm run by Mar-a-Lago neighbor
特朗普为终止风电项目支付的9亿美元流向海湖庄园邻居运营的公司
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$900M paid out by Trump to end wind farm project is going to firm run by a Mar-a-Lago neighbor: report
报道称：特朗普政府为终止海上风电项目支付的9亿美元，将流向其海湖庄园邻居运营的公司
The White House has insisted there is no conflict of interest in the settlement deal, which ends offshore projects in New York, California and Louisiana
白宫坚称这项终止纽约、加利福尼亚和路易斯安那州海上风电项目的和解协议不存在利益冲突
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A company run by a neighbor of President Donald Trump is set to earn a nearly billion-dollar windfall as a result of a settlement deal to end U.S. offshore wind projects, according to a new report.
最新报道显示，由于一项终止美国海上风电项目的和解协议，特朗普总统邻居经营的公司将获得近10亿美元的意外之财。
Under the settlement, announced earlier this month, the Trump administration will pay RWE, a German energy company, $1.2 billion for it to relinquish its offshore leases in New York, California and Louisiana.
根据本月早些时候宣布的和解协议，特朗普政府将向德国能源公司RWE支付12亿美元，以换取其放弃在纽约、加利福尼亚和路易斯安那州的海上租赁权。
The Republican president has long opposed offshore wind projects — which he’s labeled ugly, expensive and detrimental to whales — and has worked to block leases. Instead, his administration has moved to bolster and expand the fossil fuel industry.
这位共和党总统长期反对海上风电项目（他称其丑陋、昂贵且危害鲸类），并致力于阻止相关租赁。相反，他的政府一直在推动化石燃料行业的扩张。
“After careful consideration, it was determined there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future,” RWE U.S. Offshore said in a statement. The agreement brings the total amount spent on such settlements to nearly $4 billion.
RWE美国海上风电公司在声明中表示：“经过慎重考虑，我们确定这些项目在美国可预见的未来无法获得许可。“该协议使此类和解总金额达到近40亿美元。
A stipulation of the deal is that RWE must invest in “conventional energy” ventures. In fact, the company will spend the lion’s share of the payout, $900 million, to purchase part of a liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, The Washington Post reported.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，协议规定RWE必须投资”传统能源”项目。实际上，该公司将把支付款项中的最大份额（9亿美元）用于购买路易斯安那州一个液化天然气项目的部分股权。
That stake is being bought from Stonespeak, a private equity venture led by Michael Dorrell, an Australian billionaire. Dorrell, who is also a U.S. citizen, has both monetary and physical ties to the president.
这部分股权将从Stonespeak公司购得，该公司是由澳大利亚亿万富翁迈克尔·多雷尔领导的私募基金。拥有美国公民身份的多雷尔与总统存在金钱和实际往来。
After Trump’s 2024 election, he donated $1 million to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee. Dorrell also owns a home near Mar-a-Lago, the president’s Florida estate, and has bragged about mingling with the Republican’s inner circle.
在特朗普2024年胜选后，他向”特朗普-万斯就职委员会”捐赠了100万美元。多雷尔还在总统的佛罗里达庄园海湖庄园附近拥有住宅，并曾吹嘘自己与共和党核心圈子的交往。
“It is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and I’ve taken a bunch of my friends there already,” he said during a business event this year, according to the Post. “You’re sitting 15 meters from the president and it’s a cast of characters.”
据《华盛顿邮报》报道，他在今年的一次商业活动中说：“这是千载难逢的机会，我已经带了很多朋友去那里。你坐在距离总统15米的地方，周围都是些风云人物。”
The administration has insisted that everything is above board.
政府坚称所有程序都是公开透明的。
“The Trump Administration’s policies have unleashed an energy dominance revolution across our country. This story is a brazen attempt to insinuate a conflict-of-interest that does not exist,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement shared with The Independent. “This kind of agenda-driven reporting is why Americans’ trust in the legacy media is at an all-time low.”
白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯在提供给《独立报》的声明中表示：“特朗普政府的政策在全国引发了能源主导革命。这篇报道厚颜无耻地暗示了根本不存在的利益冲突。这种带有议程的报道正是美国民众对传统媒体信任度创历史新低的原因。”
RWE, meanwhile, said the company acted independently, and a spokesperson for the Interior Department, which oversaw the settlement deal, said: “No one at the Department directed which company RWE was to invest in.”
与此同时，RWE表示公司是独立行事，负责监督该和解协议的内政部发言人称：“部门内没有人指示RWE应该投资哪家公司。”
Some Democratic lawmakers aren’t buying the explanation, though.
然而一些民主党议员并不买账。
“These fake ‘settlements’ were already an insane waste of taxpayer funds and a ridiculous charade that seems to be blatantly illegal,” Rep. Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, told the Post. “This now adds the stench of corruption.”
加利福尼亚州民主党众议员贾里德·赫夫曼对《华盛顿邮报》表示：“这些虚假的’和解’本就是浪费纳税人资金的疯狂行为，是一场看似公然违法的荒谬闹剧。现在又增添了腐败的恶臭。”
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