The Trump administration’s decision to pause five large wind projects off the East Coast is prompting threats of more litigation and blowback from Democrats and some industry groups, who say the move is irrational and will put jobs at risk.
The move, announced early Monday, affects nearly complete projects including Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind 1. It also comes more than a week after a federal judge in Massachusetts declared Trump’s pause on new wind project reviews illegal. Several officials and lawyers decried the decision to suspend the projects on the basis of ...