State wins lawsuit over development of wind energy
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Attorney General Kwame Raoul successfully sued the Trump administration over a freeze on federal wind energy project permitting.Summary
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul secured a victory in a lawsuit against the Trump administration regarding the unlawful halting of federal permitting for wind energy projects. In May, Raoul, alongside a coalition of attorneys general, challenged the administration’s decision to indefinitely pause all federal approvals needed for both offshore and onshore wind energy development while a federal review was conducted. A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled in favor of the coalition, finding the administration’s actions to be “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of the law. This ruling effectively lifts the freeze and allows wind energy projects to move forward with the necessary federal approvals.
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