A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects.
In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the District of Columbia, who had filed a lawsuit against the sweeping ban on wind energy projects back in May, declaring section two of the “Wind Order”, issued on 20 January, unlawful, and to vacate the indefinite pause of wind energy permitting implemented by federal agencies following the order.