Seven US states, led by New York, have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s agreement with TotalEnergies to cancel the company’s offshore wind lease off the coast of New York in exchange for reimbursement of the lease payment and commitment to invest in US fossil fuel projects.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced on 2 June that New York is leading a coalition with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont in suing the federal government over the March 2026 deal involving TotalEnergies and its subsidiary Attentive Energy.