Democratic States Sue Trump Over Suspension of Wind Energy Projects

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Published on 05/05/2025 at 22:21

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Trump Sued by Democratic States After Suspending Wind Energy Projects, Decision Which, According to Prosecutors, Violates Laws, Threatens Billion-Dollar Investments and Compromises the Energy Transition.

Attorneys General from 17 Democratic States and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday, 5, challenging former President Donald Trump’s decision to indefinitely suspend new permits and leases for wind energy projects in the United States. The measure, announced on the first day of his new term, has generated strong political and legal backlash, especially from the States that invest the most in renewable sources.

The lawsuit, led by New York and filed in the federal court in Boston, claims that Trump’s suspension threatens to paralyze the wind sector—one of the most dynamic areas of the American energy matrix—and violates various legal norms by being implemented without clear justifications and without public consultation.

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In justifying the action, New York Attorney General Letitia James was emphatic:

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Wind Energy in Jeopardy: Investments at Risk

The States argue that the suspension puts billions of dollars already invested in wind infrastructure at risk, including projects like Empire Wind, located off the coast of New York and operated by a unit of the Norwegian company Equinor.

Following Trump’s memorandum, the Department of the Interior ordered the suspension of construction on the project, reinforcing the practical effects of the new directive.

Furthermore, the lawsuit points out that federal agencies such as the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted beyond their competencies by implementing a policy that, according to the States, was not authorized by Congress.

For the attorneys, the decision breaks with a historical policy of promoting the development of wind energy without presenting evidence of new environmental risks that would justify such a setback.

White House Rebuts Accusations and Defends Fossil Fuel Production

On the other side of the dispute, the White House reacted with criticism. Presidential spokesperson Taylor Rogers stated that the attorneys general are trying to “use the law to impede the president’s popular energy agenda.”

She added that Americans voted for Trump to “restore U.S. energy dominance” and that “Americans in blue States shouldn’t pay the price for the radical climate agenda of the Democrats.”

The new directive also reflects Trump’s commitment to the fossil fuel sector.

During his campaign, the former president promised to eliminate offshore wind energy projects, arguing that they are expensive, inefficient, and harmful to whales and birds.

“They ruin their beautiful landscapes,” he declared as he resumed his anti-wind discourse, now institutionalized by his administration.

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