Democrat-Led States Sue Trump Admin Over Wind Energy Project Freeze

A coalition of 18 Democratic-led states filed suit on Monday challenging President Donald Trump’s nationwide suspension of wind energy project approvals, calling it an unlawful and politically motivated blockade that threatens job growth, energy security, and “climate progress.” The lawsuit, filed on May 5 in federal district court in Massachusetts and led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, targets a directive issued by Trump on his first day back in office that suspended all new offshore wind leasing on the outer continental shelf and froze related permitting actions. Trump’s directive cites a range of concerns, including potential impacts on marine ecosystems, navigational safety, national defense operations, and what it suggested were destabilizing effects of intermittent wind generation on grid reliability and energy prices....