May 6, 2025 12:59 AM

Democratic-led states sue to block Trump’s halting of wind projects

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued on Monday in a bid to block President Donald Trump's move to suspend leasing and permitting of new wind projects, saying it threatens to cripple the wind industry and a key source of clean energy. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston argued that the decision by the Republican president's administration to indefinitely pause all federal wind-energy approvals is unlawful and must be block...