NY and 6 States Sue Federal Government Over Canceled Wind Project

Wind turbines operate in a field in Beulah, N.D., on Dec. 22, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesNew York and six other state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over a deal it cut with a French wind farm developer that canceled an offshore lease and stalled New York’s offshore wind power plans.New York State Attorney General Letitia James is leading the lawsuit, which argues that the deal was illegal because the Department of the Interior’s authority to cancel such leases requires a hearing to determine if canceling the lease would be better than allowing it to go ahead. The lawsuit argues the government held no such hearing weighing the harm of canceling the lease versus allowing the wind turbine farm to continue.