A coalition of environmental groups from New Jersey to Massachusetts is asking the courts to halt a 54-turbine project south of Long Island, New York, known as Empire Wind, after the Trump administration put the brakes on the project, then reversed course.
In April, the administration halted the project, saying the previous Biden-Harris administration had “rushed” the permitting process “without sufficient analysis.” The stop-work order would be in place, the Department of Interior said, until a full review of that process was complete.
The department then reversed the decision the following month, and it gave no indication that any review had been completed. Opponents of offshore wind development say the decision was illegal, and now the coalition is taking the matter to the courts.
Protect Our Coast New Jersey, Clean Ocean Action, and Nantucket-based ACK for Whales, joined by commercial fishing industry groups, filed a lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, asking the court to void the lease for Equinor, the company behind Empire Wind.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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