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Judicial Challenge to Onshore and Offshore Wind Projects Moves Forward

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On June 18, 2025, the District Court of Massachusetts allowed a coalition of 17 states, the District of Columbia, and an environmental advocacy organization to proceed with a lawsuit against a Presidential Memorandum...more

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Trump Administration Derails Revolution Wind as Court Fight Over Federal Policy Wages On

On Friday, August 22, 2025, the Trump administration announced the cancellation of the Revolution Wind project located off the south coast of Rhode Island, east of Block Island. At the time of the stop work order, the...more

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The 2025 Legal Horizon for U.S. Offshore Wind

In its first nine months, the Trump administration has taken multiple actions impacting offshore wind development and generating substantial uncertainty as to the industry’s future in the United States. Those actions have...more

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DOI Policy Changes Signal Major Shift Away From Wind Energy

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US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum recently announced four new policy measures that could significantly curtail wind energy development. These policy changes, issued in response to Secretarial Order No. 3437, Ending...more

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Renewables Under the New Administration: Navigating an Uncertain Roadmap

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Recent policy shifts at the federal level have introduced significant variability to the US renewable energy sector. While demand for clean energy continues to grow, executive orders, regulatory changes, and evolving...more

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Project Opponents of Empire Wind Strike Back

As recently reported, on May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior reversed the stop work order it issued on April 16, 2025, thereby allowing the $5 billion, 2 GW, Empire Wind project to proceed. On June 3, 2025, a...more

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Coalition of States Dispute Trump Administration’s “National Energy Emergency” Claim

On the heels of an action by states challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to block federal permits for offshore wind development a lawsuit filed by 15 states on May 9, 2025, claims that the administration misapplied...more

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States Sue Trump Administration Over Blocked Wind Developments

On Monday, May 4, 2025, a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia filed suit in Massachusetts District Court over the Trump administration’s efforts to block federal permits for all offshore wind development. The...more

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Empire Wind 1 Stop-Work Order Targets Offshore Wind but Raises Questions for Other Industries

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On Wednesday, April 16, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to order Equinor to “stop work” on its 812 megawatt Empire Wind 1 project just outside of New York Harbor....more

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State Attorney General and State Governor Responses to Executive Orders Impacting Climate and Energy

In the twelve weeks since Inauguration Day, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, a number of which are designed to reverse the nation’s momentum on clean energy and climate action. He has sought to upend...more

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Back to the Laboratories: U.S. State Climate Initiatives Amid Federal Transition

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While federal policymaking has already begun to shift away from the climate change programs of the Obama and Biden administrations, many states are expected to continue pursuing expansive climate policies and building upon...more

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Wind Energy Leasing Moratorium Status Update

Wind energy projects along the coasts are facing uncertainty due to President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum issued on January 20, “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing...more

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Potential Implications of President Trump's Wind Energy EO on Offshore Leasing, Development

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This Holland & Knight alert provides a summary of President Donald Trump's Wind Energy EO, an overview of the offshore wind leasing process and considerations for current lessees regarding potential outcomes and legal...more

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Executive Order: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the...

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order temporarily halts all offshore wind energy leasing within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS). It aims to address concerns related to marine life, ocean currents, wind...more

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The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and Offshore Wind Contract Disputes

Dueling Executive Orders In recent weeks, outgoing President Joe Biden and incoming President Donald Trump each issued a Presidential Memorandum to withdraw extensive areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for future...more

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Energy Policies Revisited: Trump’s Executive Orders

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In a flurry of activity, newly elected President Donald J. Trump issued a series of Executive Orders immediately after his inauguration on January 20, 2025. This article will discuss eight of these documents that directly...more

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Trump Executive Actions Impacting Renewable Energy

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On President Trump’s first and second days in office, the new administration released a flurry of executive actions, in the form of both memorandums and executive orders, focused on the energy industry:...more

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Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda Focus on U.S. Energy Sector

President Trump issued several Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda on January 20, 2025, that will have a significant impact on the United States energy sector.  Select Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda are...more

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Executive Orders Lay the Groundwork for Major Changes to Environmental and Natural Resources Law

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As expected, the new Trump White House has issued a flurry of executive orders (EOs) which directly affect the federal government's policies on a broad range of environmental and natural resources issues....more

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First Day Presidential Directives May Have Broad Implications for Wind Industry

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Among President Donald Trump’s directives issued on his first day in office was a Presidential Memorandum targeting wind energy, which has been a significant source of new electricity generation in the United States over the...more

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New Executive Orders Mandate Sweeping Changes to US Energy Policy

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President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders and a memorandum focused on the energy sector: Unleashing American Energy (EO 14154), Declaring a National Energy Emergency (EO 14159), Unleashing Alaska's...more

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Executive Order Halts Offshore Wind Leasing, Orders Review of Federal Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

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The Trump-Vance administration issued an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind leasing and calling for a review of the federal governmental leasing and permitting practices for all wind projects....more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 1.17.25

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President Joe Biden has designated two more national monuments in California, spanning 848,000 acres - the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument. The Chuckwalla National Monument creates...more

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Opportunities for Offshore Wind Development on the West Coast

There is increasing interest in integrating renewable energy sources into the power grid in the United States. In particular, interest in offshore wind development is growing rapidly. Shortly after taking office, President...more

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President Biden Announces Executive Actions to Combat Climate Change

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President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions to combat climate change during a July 20, 2022, speech in Somerset, Massachusetts, from the base of a former coal-fired power plant where offshore wind energy...more

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