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Trump fights ruling against his offshore wind order

By Sarah Shemkus

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OFFSHORE WIND

  • The federal government appeals a ruling that declared the Trump administration’s executive order barring offshore wind leasing and permitting unlawful. (New Bedford Light)

  • Most of the offshore wind projects previously planned for the Atlantic coast are unlikely to move forward while President Donald Trump remains in office, despite recent court rulings allowing work to continue on five projects the administration attempted to stop. (Stateline)

FEDERAL FUNDING

  • Thirteen states, many in the Northeast, sue the Trump administration over its cancellation of billions of dollars in Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law funding. (The Hill)

FOSSIL FUELS

  • A bill in the New York state legislature would make it a crime to knowingly risk a catastrophe, a measure that could be used to hold fossil fuel executives accountable for major environmental and climate damages. (E&E News)

UTILITIES

  • Eversource, New England’s largest utility, reports its 2025 profits were double those from the previous year, even as electricity and gas bills have soared throughout the region. (WCVB)

AFFORDABILITY

  • New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill plans to use more of the money the state receives from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to provide utility bill relief for residents, likely shifting funds away from energy efficiency programming. (E&E News)

  • Maine needs to speed interconnection times for renewable energy projects and do more to increase load flexibility to help fight high power prices like those seen during recent cold snaps, local experts say. (Maine Monitor)

SOLAR

  • In East Windsor, Connecticut — already home to nearly a quarter of the state’s solar capacity — neighbors raise objections to a plan to expand an existing solar farm by 30 megawatts. (NBC Connecticut)

  • A federal judge in Maine declines solar companies’ request for an injunction preventing new fees from being imposed on community solar developments, saying that the plaintiffs seem unlikely to win their case against changes to the state’s net metering rules. (Maine Public)

  • New Jersey unions form a coalition to promote a statewide solar and storage program it says will lower energy costs and create jobs. (Inside Climate News)

GRID

  • Massachusetts could meet its peak electricity demand without using any fossil fuels by 2050 using a combination of renewable power, energy storage, and demand reduction, a new report finds. (news release)

CLIMATE

  • Massachusetts’ slow progress on EV adoption and loss of federal support for climate measures will make it difficult for the state to reach its goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a new report indicates. (CommonWealth Beacon)

  • Maine state lawmakers consider whether to renew the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a move that would require the state’s five power plants to slash emissions 90% over the next decade. (Maine Public)

BUILDINGS

  • As Rhode Island aims to meet its ambitious climate goals, it has so far failed to enact a plan to reduce carbon emissions from the building sector. (ecoRI)

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