New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project
The states say the cancellation and $1 billion payout will hurt power grids, clean energy goals and ratepayers.
- On Tuesday, seven U.S. states led by New York sued the administration of President Donald Trump, challenging a March decision to cancel an offshore wind lease. The lawsuit alleges the Interior Department violated administrative processes.
- To terminate the lease, the Interior Department agreed to "reimburse" $795 million to a subsidiary of France's TotalEnergies, extracting a pledge from the company to invest in fossil fuel projects instead.
- The canceled project, Attentive Energy, would have powered 1.3 million homes and potentially saved ratepayers $10 billion. New York Governor Kathy Hochul called it an "outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars."
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the deal as returning money for an unviable project, while New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the administration of orchestrating a "sham deal."
- This settlement reflects a broader administration strategy to stop offshore wind development, which Trump has said he finds expensive. Democrats in Congress are investigating this agreement and the cancellation of the Golden State Wind project.
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Mass. joins lawsuit over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project
New York’s attorney general is suing the Trump administration over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project. State attorneys general from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont joined New York in challenging the cancellation of the lease off of New York.
'This administration cooked up a sham deal': New York sues Trump administration for refunding foreign company $1 billion to end offshore wind project
The Trump administration offered French company TotalEnergies $1 billion, essentially a refund, for investing in fossil fuels instead of wind energy.
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The Seattle TimesNew York sues over the Trump administration’s deal to end an offshore wind project
French company TotalEnergies is getting $1 billion — essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina — if it invests the money
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New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project
New York’s attorney general is suing the Trump administration over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project. French company TotalEnergies is getting $1 billion, essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina, if it invests the money in fossil fu
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