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In a significant setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to curb offshore wind development, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled on February 2, 2026, to allow construction to resume on Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project off New York’s Long Island.
[Read more…] about Sunrise Wind cleared to resume workA federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly finished offshore wind project in Massachusetts can proceed as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court.
[Read more…] about Massachusetts offshore wind project can continueU.S. President Donald Trump once again lashed out at wind energy during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
[Read more…] about Trump claims wind industry consists only of losersLast week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project while Dominion Energy’s lawsuit challenging the agency’s action proceeds.
[Read more…] about U.S. District Court grants preliminary injunction allowing CVOW to restartThe U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today granted Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire) a preliminary injunction that allows construction activities to resume on the Outer Continental Shelf for the Empire Wind project.
[Read more…] about Empire Wind granted preliminary injunction allowing construction to resumeA federal judge ruled Monday that work on the OWF Revolution Wind can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
[Read more…] about Offshore wind developer prevails over Trump in court againNew York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday filed two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to halt construction on a pair of major offshore wind projects.
[Read more…] about New York Attorney General sues Trump AdministrationExxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said on Friday the U.S. oil major is ready to evaluate a potential return to Venezuela in what would be a stunning development after its assets in the South American country were nationalized nearly 20 years ago.
[Read more…] about Exxon studies Venezuela return as Chevron plots increase in productionReuters reports that Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has begun cutting crude production because it is running out of storage capacity.
[Read more…] about Venezuela moves to cut oil output due to US export embargoDominion Energy, the developer of one of the five offshore wind energy projects that received a stop-work order from the Trump administration, filed suit in District Court seeking an immediate injunction against the order.
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