A federal judge has issued a notable ruling, allowing construction to persist on New York’s Empire Wind offshore wind project despite a Trump administration directive to stop it.
On Thursday, District Judge Carl J. Nichols, appointed by President Trump, ruled that work on the Empire Wind project, managed by Norwegian firm Equinor, can continue while the court assesses the federal government’s suspension order, which halted five significant East Coast offshore wind projects just before Christmas citing national security issues.
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