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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.
1 posted on 05/05/2025 5:29:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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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.


2 posted on 05/05/2025 5:31:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

18 States want to kill all eagles and bats.


3 posted on 05/05/2025 5:32:52 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: 9YearLurker

Blades can’t be burned to partly fire cement kilns?


4 posted on 05/05/2025 5:33:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

18 states apparently like wiping their collective asses w/ $100 bills.


5 posted on 05/05/2025 5:38:12 PM PDT by FLNittany
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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)


6 posted on 05/05/2025 5:47:27 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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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.


7 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.)
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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.


8 posted on 05/05/2025 5:52:19 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Between wind power projects and blood thirsty cats, it’s a wonder that we have many birds left.


9 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)
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To: Seaplaner

PDJT is not a fan of cats.


10 posted on 05/05/2025 5:56:34 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (Don’t want to hurt no kangaroos )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They like what happened in Iberia.


11 posted on 05/05/2025 5:57:34 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The 18 (democrat) state DA’s prove it was ALWAYS
about tax money going to democrat party donors.


Amen.


12 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......" )
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To: quantim

Maryland, of course. Communist scum ruling my old state.


13 posted on 05/05/2025 5:58:14 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: quantim

The usual suspects.


14 posted on 05/05/2025 5:59:48 PM PDT by daler
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There are other technologies now, better too.


15 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)
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To: quantim

And it’s all blue run states.


16 posted on 05/05/2025 6:08:04 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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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.


17 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)
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More at Twelve Dozen Four-by-Fours at Amazon.com
18 posted on 05/05/2025 6:12:05 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Get rid of the federal subsidies for wind & solar generation and new projects come to a halt.


19 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.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Can Trump counter-sue under the ESA? That’d be rich.


20 posted on 05/05/2025 6:24:36 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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