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18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects
The New York Times ^
| May 5, 2025, 6:05 p.m. ET
| Karen Zraick
Posted on 05/05/2025 5:29:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.
“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,” said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs. She said the halt threatened “the loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments” and was “delaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.”
The halt on federal permits for wind energy was first laid out in a Jan. 20 executive order, one of a barrage that President Trump signed immediately upon taking office. It directed agencies to
stop all permits for wind farms pending federal review.
The lawsuit says that, by complying, federal agencies have put major investments that have already been made at risk. The order also instructed the United States attorney general and the interior secretary to explore “terminating or amending” existing leases to wind farms, further increasing uncertainty for companies.
The wind industry provides about 10 percent of the nation’s electricity, and has many new projects under development, particularly in the Great Plains and the Atlantic Ocean.
Last month, the Trump administration
halted a major wind farm under construction off the coast of Long Island, the Empire Wind project. It was designed to provide enough electricity to power a half-million homes. It had already received the permits it needed, but Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggested the Biden administration’s analysis during the approval process was rushed and insufficient.
Ms. James noted that Mr. Trump had also declared an energy emergency. Energy experts have called that declaration overstated. Nevertheless, she said, the moratorium on wind permits is...
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Never give up the con.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Good. We’ve killed enough birds and created enough massive blades to bury for yet another impractical and unreliable, parttime energy source.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
18 States want to kill all eagles and bats.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:32:52 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
To: 9YearLurker
Blades can’t be burned to partly fire cement kilns?
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:33:56 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
18 states apparently like wiping their collective asses w/ $100 bills.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:38:12 PM PDT
by
FLNittany
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Nice collection of losers:
The coalition includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Washington, D.C. (Per NPR)
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:47:27 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Paladin2; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz
Those 18 (democrat party) DA’s prove it was zzALWAYS about the tax money going to democrat party donors.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:49:06 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
So let the states pick up the tab if it’s so vital to them. New York chose well when they sent Letitia James into anything involving graft and corruption. You want expertise, she’s got it.
To: Paladin2
Between wind power projects and blood thirsty cats, it’s a wonder that we have many birds left.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:53:46 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
To: Seaplaner
PDJT is not a fan of cats.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:56:34 PM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(Don’t want to hurt no kangaroos )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They like what happened in Iberia.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:57:34 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
To: Robert A Cook PE
The 18 (democrat) state DA’s prove it was ALWAYS
about tax money going to democrat party donors.
Amen.
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:58:02 PM PDT
by
Liz
(This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
To: quantim
Maryland, of course. Communist scum ruling my old state.
To: quantim
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posted on
05/05/2025 5:59:48 PM PDT
by
daler
There are other technologies now, better too.
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posted on
05/05/2025 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: quantim
And it’s all blue run states.
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posted on
05/05/2025 6:08:04 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy.” It is not clean when you have start burying the blades. It is not dependable because it flies on wind and the batteries are insufficient, and it’s not affordable as it rules on inefficient batteries and it is not compatible with our current grid.
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posted on
05/05/2025 6:10:22 PM PDT
by
silent majority rising
(When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Get rid of the federal subsidies for wind & solar generation and new projects come to a halt.
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posted on
05/05/2025 6:12:53 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: 9YearLurker
Can Trump counter-sue under the ESA? That’d be rich.
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posted on
05/05/2025 6:24:36 PM PDT
by
gundog
(The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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