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The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an \u201cenergy emergency,\u201d state attorneys general said.<\/p>\n

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Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration is devastating one of our nation\u2019s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,\u201d said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs. She said the halt threatened \u201cthe loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments\u201d and was \u201cdelaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The halt on federal permits for wind energy was first laid out in a Jan. 20 executive order, one of a barrage that President Trump signed immediately upon taking office. It directed agencies to stop all permits for wind farms<\/a> pending federal review.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit<\/a> says that, by complying, federal agencies have put major investments that have already been made at risk. The order also instructed the United States attorney general and the interior secretary to explore \u201cterminating or amending\u201d existing leases to wind farms, further increasing uncertainty for companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The wind industry provides about 10 percent of the nation\u2019s electricity, and has many new projects under development, particularly in the Great Plains and the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Trump administration halted a major wind farm<\/a> under construction off the coast of Long Island, the Empire Wind project. It was designed to provide enough electricity to power a half-million homes. It had already received the permits it needed, but Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggested the Biden administration\u2019s analysis during the approval process was rushed and insufficient.<\/p>\n

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The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an \u201cenergy emergency,\u201d state attorneys general said.Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.\u201cThis administration is devastating one of our nation\u2019s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,\u201d said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs. She said the halt threatened \u201cthe loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments\u201d and was \u201cdelaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.\u201dThe halt on federal permits for wind energy was first laid out in a Jan. 20 executive order, one of a barrage that President Trump signed immediately upon taking office. It directed agencies to stop all permits for wind farms pending federal review.The lawsuit says that, by complying, federal agencies have put major investments that have already been made at risk. The order also instructed the United States attorney general and the interior secretary to explore \u201cterminating or amending\u201d existing leases to wind farms, further increasing uncertainty for companies.The wind industry provides about 10 percent of the nation\u2019s electricity, and has many new projects under development, particularly in the Great Plains and the Atlantic Ocean.Last month, the Trump administration halted a major wind farm under construction off the coast of Long Island, the Empire Wind project. It was designed to provide enough electricity to power a half-million homes. It had already received the permits it needed, but Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggested the Biden administration\u2019s analysis during the approval process was rushed and insufficient.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27210,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27211,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27208\/revisions\/27211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}