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A federal judge ruled again Monday that work may resume on the offshore Revolution Wind project, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to halt construction for the second time.
Work on Empire Wind has been on hold since the Trump administration “paused” the leases on it and four other projects just days before Christmas.
Two offshore wind projects have now secured preliminary injunctions enabling work to resume, and now Vineyard Wind 1 is also going to court in search of relief from a federal government stop-work order.
A federal judge allowed a New York-based offshore wind project to resume construction on Thursday, marking the second time this week that the offshore wind industry has been handed a legal win in its efforts to resist the Trump administration’s crackdown on the renewable energy source.