New York v. Trump Offshore Wind Appeal
Case # 1:25-cv-11221
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The Trump administration is likely to appeal the recent federal court decision that struck down the executive order blocking offshore wind projects.
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On December 8, 2025, federal judge Patti Saris in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration's executive order to halt wind energy projects was "arbitrary and capricious" and unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is a foundational U.S. law that ensures federal agencies create and enforce rules fairly and transparently, requiring public notice. This raises a question of whether the administration or agency could reissue an order for offshore wind with public notice and input.
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The lawsuit was initiated in New York by New York Attorney General Letitia James initiated the multistate lawsuit. James claims President Trump is “illegitimate.”
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There have been hundreds of lawsuits and restraining orders from dozens of lower court judges. Reliable sources indicate the December 8 court decision is appealable.
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The Trump administration's energy stance has expressed the intent to appeal the recent ruling, potentially later to the United States Supreme Court.
The Trump administration has been against offshore wind and has made efforts to block projects through various means, as offshore wind is an intermittent power source. There are national security concerns that large offshore wind farms interfere with military radar. Since 2016, whale deaths have followed the construction of offshore wind.
On November 4, 2025, a New York federal judge ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management can review and reconsider its approval for the SouthCoast Wind project. Federal regulators on December 2, 2025, filed a motion asking a court to remand the approval of the New England Wind construction plan back to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for reconsideration.
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The lower federal courts' rulings appear to be based on political ideology, while cases appealed to the Supreme Court have an almost ninety percent win rate.
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Investors have pulled out of or canceled numerous offshore wind projects due to the Trump administration's energy policies and economic uncertainty.
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Note: A status hearing will be held next week in this case.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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