Supreme Court Rejects Offshore Wind Permit Appeal While States Sue Over Permitting Pause

May 7, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--This week has brought about two significant moves in the legal battles surrounding U.S. policies on wind power. As the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to upend the Biden-era permitting of the Vineyard Wind 1 windfarm off the Massachusetts coast, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over an executive order to stop permitting for onshore and offshore wind projects.