U.S. House of Representatives ended its 2025 legislative session by passing a permitting reform bill aimed at shortening completion timelines for major infrastructure projects.
In challenge to White House pause order from 18 attorneys general, judge derides it as “arbitrary and capricious” and violating federal procurement law, as sector participants and observers await impacts on projects in development
D.C.-based judge said construction approval may not
have "fully complied" with regulations for projects in federal waters over
the outer continental shelf, but developers contend it was vetted in a four-year-long process.
$10.7B CVOW project off Virginia Beach will link its first wind energy to the state grid in early 2026, Dominion Energy says. Could Trump administration clean energy attacks disrupt its completion and derail congressional permit reform efforts?
Planned 400-acre, $5-billion Pier Wind terminal at Port of Long Beach would gain $20 million to support fabrication, assembly and deployment of floating offshore wind turbines.
Work halt on nearly done $6B union project would cause "irreparable harm," DC judge said, as Canada propels offshore wind market that could send power to the US.
Work halt on nearly complete $6-billion union construction project would cause “irreparable harm,” D.C. judge said, as Canada propels effort to develop its offshore wind market, which could send power to the U.S.
“President Trump said he was a job creator—he has turned into the biggest job destroyer of any President this country has seen," said a Boston region building trades official
States sue administration in federal court as feds also now aim to cut $679M in awarded US wind port grants and revoke approved permits for a 2.2GW wind project in Maryland and Delaware.
Developer Orsted, and separately the two states, filed federal lawsuits against the administration on Sept. 4 to halt the stop-work order that they claim "was issued without statutory authority, lacks any evidentiary basis and is unlawful."