New York, California Sue to Block Trump Administration Deals Canceling Offshore Wind Projects
The states say the deals would cost taxpayers $1.4 billion and block projects on both coasts.
- On Tuesday, Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration to block plans to buy back offshore wind leases as the president seeks to discourage wind energy expansion.
- The Trump administration pledged nearly $4 billion to companies to abandon projects, including $1.4 billion for cancellations involving Chicago-based Invenergy and Bluepoint Wind off the New York and New Jersey coast.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James led seven states including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the suit; James stated these deals will increase Americans' electricity bills by sabotaging states' energy demands.
- Speaking at Climate Week in New York City, California Attorney General Rob Bonta described the lawsuit as necessary to combat what he called "avoidable and unnecessary battles with our own federal government" over clean energy.
- President Donald Trump has stated his goal is to not let any "windmills" be built, while the administration confirmed buybacks for four wind projects on the East and West coasts.
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Eight States Sue Trump Over Canceled Wind Farms
Gothamist reports: New York and New Jersey have joined a multistate coalition suing the federal government over a pair of settlements that redirected more than $1.4 billion away from offshore wind development and toward fossil fuel projects. A total of eight states filed two separate lawsuits against the Trump administration and the companies Invenergy and … The post Eight States Sue Trump Over Canceled Wind Farms appeared first on Joe.My.God..
Prosecutors from nine states sue the U.S. government for undoing wind energy contracts, favoring fossil fuels. Invenergy’s $111 million deal is part of actions that could affect several U.S. energy projects.
New York, California sue to block Trump administration deals canceling offshore wind projects - Regional Media News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as President Donald Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. California Attorney General [...]
U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit because the Trump administration eliminated wind power projects to benefit fossil fuels.
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Independent EspañolCalifornia and New York’s Attorney General Democrats sued President Donald Trump’s government on Tuesday for plans to buy back offshore wind power leases, while the president seeks to discourage the expansion of wind-generated energy for fossil fuels.
States file new lawsuits against Trump’s payouts stopping offshore wind • Rhode Island Current
An eight-state coalition filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s payments to private companies to cancel offshore wind leases, escalating an ongoing legal battle over the government spending billions of dollars to block wind projects. Attorneys general from eight East Coast states are suing the feds over the buyouts of two offshore wind leases, under […]
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