States file new lawsuits against Trump’s payouts stopping offshore wind

By: Alex Brown

Outlets: Stateline

Published: September 22, 2026

Words: 561

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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An eight-state coalition filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s payments to private companies to cancel offshore wind leases, escalating an ongoing legal battle over the government spending billions of dollars to block wind projects.

Attorneys general from eight East Coast states are suing the feds over the buyouts of two offshore wind leases, under which the Trump administration pledged to pay developers Bluepoint Wind and Invenergy $1.4 billion to abandon their …

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