Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind Project Can Continue, Judge Rules
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- A federal judge ruled that construction on an $11.2 billion offshore wind farm off Virginia's coast can resume, marking a third legal setback for President Trump's efforts to halt the offshore wind industry.
- The Interior Department had ordered a stop to work on the Virginia project and four others, citing national security concerns, but the developers sued, arguing the government failed to justify the halt and that delays would cause irreparable harm.
- Judge Jamar K. Walker issued a preliminary injunction allowing Dominion Energy to continue construction on the Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind project while pursuing legal action against the stop-work order.
- The Virginia project, which would be the largest wind farm in the U.S. if completed, is 70% finished and expected to
