Federal Judge Tosses Trumps Order Halting Wind Energy Projects

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Wind turbines generate power on a farm near Throckmorton, Texas, on Aug. 24, 2018. Nick Oxford/ReutersA federal judge on Dec. 8 vacated President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order that halted federal permitting and leasing for wind energy projects, saying it violated U.S. law.U.S. District Judge Patti Saris of the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia, which argued that federal actions to halt authorization for wind energy projects violated the Administrative Procedure Act because the agencies offered no reasoned explanation for the suspension.

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