States, companies sue Trump administration over wind farm stop-work order

Source: Politico

09/04/2025 10:57 AM EDT
Updated: 09/04/2025 01:38 PM EDT


Blue state attorneys general and the companies building the nearly completed Revolution Wind project are suing the Trump administration for its order halting work on the project off the coast of New England — escalating the fight over the stalled project that is at the center of the administration’s efforts to restrict offshore wind.

Revolution Wind — a joint venture between the Danish wind giant Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables — filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday seeking to vacate the stop-work order from Trump’s Interior Department, arguing that the administration lacked the legal authority for the decision.

Shortly after, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced the states would also sue the Trump administration in Rhode Island federal court to overturn the order.

“The Project has spent billions of dollars in reliance on these valid approvals,” the Revolution Wind filing said. “The Stop Work Order is invalid and must be set aside because it was issued without statutory authority, in violation of agency regulations and procedures and the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, and is arbitrary and capricious.” The states’ complaint contends that the action violates both the Administrative Procedure Act and the government’s authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

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