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Trump Goes Zero for Five Against Offshore Wind

Trump Goes Zero for Five Against Offshore Wind

February 2, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration lost yet another legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the fifth and final offshore wind project that has successfully challenged the administration's stop-work order.

In December-three days before Christmas-Donald Trump's Department of the Interior halted five offshore wind projects that were all more than 40 percent complete. Vineyard Wind off the coast of Massachusetts was nearly 95 percent finished and already delivering power to the grid. Trump's orders halted fully-vetted, billion-dollar projects and sent thousands of workers home at a time when construction jobs were scarce and energy demand was nearing its peak. Since then, all five stop-work orders have been challenged in court, and in all five times, the courts have ruled in favor of the offshore wind projects.

"The unilateral court victories are evidence of what we've known all along-Donald Trump has it out for offshore wind, but we aren't giving up without a fight. Communities deserve a cleaner, cheaper, healthier future, and offshore wind will help us get there," said Sierra Club Senior Advisor Nancy Pyne. "Despite the roadblocks Donald Trump has tried to throw up in an effort to bolster dirty fossil fuels, offshore wind will prevail. We will continue to call for responsible and equitable offshore wind from coast to coast, as we fight for an affordable and reliable clean energy future for all."

"We are glad to see Sunrise Wind's 800 workers, made up largely of local New Yorkers, get back to work on this critical project," added Allyson Samuell, Sierra Club Senior Campaign Representative in New York. "Once constructed, Sunrise Wind will supply 600,000 local homes with affordable, reliable, renewable energy - this power is super needed and especially important during extreme cold snaps and winter storms like Storm Fern. Here in New York, South Fork has proven offshore wind works, now is the time to see Sunrise, and Empire Wind, come online too."

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