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Federal judge to deny Trump administration’s motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects
A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general. Led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C. are suing in federal court to challenge President Donald Trump’s Day One executive order halting leasing and permitting for wind energy projects. Judge William G. Young said during a hearing that he plans to allow the case to proceed against Interior Secretary Doug Burgum but will dismiss the action against Trump and cabinet secretaries other than Burgum named as defendants. Links, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 15:54
Federal judge raises issues with states’ lawsuit against Trump offshore wind freeze
More than a dozen states, including Massachusetts, have an uphill battle if they are to succeed in their legal efforts to lift President Donald Trump’s memorandum against offshore wind development. Attorneys for the states of Massachusetts and New York appeared on Thursday before federal Judge William G. Young, prepared to argue that he should grant a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s effective freeze of offshore wind permitting. But the hearing didn’t happen, with the judge “collapsing” the injunction motion. Young said he needed more specificity from the states on the harm they’ve incurred and the alleged legal violations by federal agencies. The case will be heard again next week, but instead, with a hearing on a motion to dismiss it. (The judge is treating the Trump administration’s filing opposing a preliminary injunction as a motion to dismiss the case.) more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:05
Green Giants vs. Trump: Billion-Dollar Enviro Groups Fight to Save Wind Power
Ten so-called environmental groups, including the biggest, have joined the lawsuit filed by a bunch of green States asking the Court to nullify the President’s day-one executive order putting a hold on federal approvals of wind power projects. These big green groups love wind power. For those not familiar with the State lawsuit I wrote about it here. It has long been known that some of the biggest green groups have abandoned environmentalism in favor of net zero industrialization. This time they were nice enough to list themselves, as follows: more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:18
EPIC Comes Out in Favor of ‘Responsible’ Offshore Wind Development, Joins States in Legal Effort to Overturn Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban
A couple of weeks ago, a whole bunch of states and a wind power industry group filed suit against the Trump administration, seeking to overturn an executive order banning new offshore wind power development. This week, at the states’ request, a large group of environmental organizations — including the Arcata-based Environmental Protection Information Center — filed an amicus curae brief in support of the suit. The argue that Trump’s executive order was “arbitary and unlawful,” that wind power is a “critical and growing” source of green energy, and that offshore wind’s supposed threat to wildlife — specifically whales and birds — are “unexplained and unsubstantiated.” more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:08
States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy
A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore. They say Trump doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally shut down the permitting process, and he’s jeopardizing development of a power source critical to the states’ economic vitality, energy mix, public health and climate goals. White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Democratic attorneys general are “using lawfare to stop the president’s popular energy agenda,” instead of working with him to unleash American energy and lower prices for families. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 16:48
Trump pulls plug on Maine’s offshore wind project
The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a $12.6 million federal grant for the University of Maine to build the nation’s first offshore wind turbine research project. The U.S. Department of Energy recently informed the university that it must stop work on the floating research array — which is partially completed — alleging that Maine failed to comply with the terms of the award for a quarter-scale demonstration of offshore turbines it is developing. The department said it is “suspending all activity under this award” for 90 days while it conducts a financial review of the project. The letter didn’t specify any violation by the university. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:27
Enviros sue Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Endangered West Coast Orcas
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for ignoring a legal petition to protect critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales in the heart of their Salish Sea habitat. Today’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington by the Center for Biological Diversity and Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance (ORCA), follows news that three more of these starving orcas are presumed dead, dropping their population to just 73. >click to read< 18:12
