Trump’s attack on offshore wind is hurting Virginia. Why aren’t Republican leaders fighting for us? • Virginia Mercury

Trump’s attack on offshore wind is hurting Virginia. Why aren’t Republican leaders fighting for us? • Virginia Mercury

A boat with fishermen next to a Dominion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind turbine in July 2023. (Charlie Paullin/VirginiaMercury)On May 5, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia — not including Virginia, regrettably —  sued the Trump administration over its attacks on the wind industry. The lawsuit challenges an executive order, signed by President Donald J. Trump on his first day in office, stopping all approvals, permits a…