A federal judge has curbed the Trump administration’s signature anti-renewable move. (NYT)
Yesterday in Mass., Chief US District Judge Denise Casper temporarily restricted Interior Department permitting policies that industry groups say have slowed wind and solar projects. These include time-consuming reviews of projects on federal lands and waters by Interior Sec. Doug Burgum’s office—just as Biden-era tax credits are set to expire.
It’s the latest update in a lawsuit filed by wind and solar groups against the Trump administration in December—they claim that federal officials had “the goal and effect of destroying solar and wind energy” proposals. This recent order follows several court-defeated attempts by President Trump to halt construction on East Coast offshore wind projects.