On Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James led a team of 17 state attorneys generals to file a lawsuit to end the Trump administration’s attempt to block new developments in U.S. wind energy projects.
On the first day of taking office this year, President Trump (has been windy for a long time (claimed January) “Driving a whale crazy”) – An extensive presidential memorandum was issued that suspended all federal approvals for wind energy projects.
While the memorandum cites President Trump’s desire to ensure that the United States can maintain a strong fishing industry for future generations and provide its citizens with low-cost energy.” James and 17 other lawyers argued in his lawsuit that new developments in stopping wind energy directly contradict the goal, a fact that “wind is a reliable source of wind energy.” “They also believe that “numerous comprehensive assessments” show that wind energy has minimal adverse environmental impact.
The lawsuit also pointed to the contradictory nature of the executive order issued by President Trump on the same day, declaring a “national energy emergency.” The order will pick out the state of New York (etc) out of the country’s “undersufficient” energy supply and call for the development of “reliable, diverse and affordable energy.”
Just last month, the Trump administration The development of major offshore wind farms has been stopped (More specifically, it should be from… the rising imperial winds along the coast of New York State) Worrying that the Biden administration approved the project without sufficient analysis. In an article on X, Doug Burgrum's Home Secretary listed Trump's memorandum as a reason to stop imperial style efforts.
Although Trump has been a voice supporter of U.S. AI development, representatives of the domestic data center industry warned that the government's hostile approach to renewable energy has made the ability to desire energy technology nearly impossible.
According to an analysis by the New York Times, President Trump received $75 million from oil and gas interests during his re-election campaign in 2024.
“This arbitrary and unnecessary directive threatens thousands of high-paying jobs and billions of dollars in investments, which delays our transition from fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet,” Attorney General James said in a press release on Monday.
The lawsuit seeks a court order declaring a pause in a wind energy project illegal and prohibits its enforcement. James joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington and Columbia.
The White House responded to reports on Monday's lawsuit, saying: “Dominist attorneys general do not have to release energy from American families with President Trump and lower the prices of American families, but instead use labor to stop the president's popular energy agenda. Americans in blue countries don't have to pay the price of the fierce climate agenda of Democrats.”
