Ruling Gives EPA Green Light to Suspend Approvals for New Jersey Wind Power Project

An appeals board has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) suspension of approved permits for a massive wind power venture off New Jersey’s coast in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive actions demanding an immediate freeze in offshore wind development and leasing. It could be the first of many similar remands, or reconsiderations, of issued permits in coming months as the EPA pauses wind power projects that have been permitted but haven’t started construction under the president’s directive. The Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), an independent appellate tribunal that hears administrative challenges to EPA actions, approved the agency’s request to “voluntarily remand” approved permits for the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project in a March 14 ruling....