New York Sues Trump Administration Over Freeze of Two Offshore Wind Projects
New York’s attorney general is challenging the Department of the Interior’s suspension of two offshore wind farms in federal court. The Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind projects were expected to power more than one million homes.
| Companies | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Orsted, Equinor |
|---|---|
| Sector | Énergie Éolienne |
| Theme | Régulation & Gouvernance |
Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington against the U.S. Department of the Interior. The legal action targets the suspension order issued on December 22, which halted construction of two offshore wind farms off Long Island. According to the attorney general, this decision is arbitrary and unwarranted, as the projects had already undergone more than a decade of security reviews by federal, state, and local authorities.
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