Wind is only useful up to a point, once it gets above 20% of generation capacity ensuing grid stability becomes expensive either through huge price swings or grid level energy storage.
Not only is part time work a financially good idea in the short term but it also looks good on a CV even if it's not strictly relevant to the area you want to work in after graduation.
Unfortunately, like most silicon valley companies, Meta has spreading disinformation as a core principle of business, they are only interesting in filtering out certain kinds that are inconvenient truths in the current political climate.
If they cannot get insurance at a reasonable rate they have to react this way.
Insurance companies are in the business of knowing risk, and they are pretty good at it.
The unintended consequences of laws often vastly outweigh the benefits. I am a big proponent of time limiting laws as well as requiring higher levels of support upon renewal, that way laws that have serious unintended consequences will be removed automatically.