Revolution Wind developer sues Trump administration over stop-work order

Less than two weeks after the Trump administration issued a stop-work order for Revolution Wind — a large and nearly complete wind farm off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island — the company behind the project, is pushing back.

Ørsted, one of the largest offshore wind developers in the world, sued the administration in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday. In its complaint, the company called the stop work order “unlawful,” claiming it “lacks any evidentiary basis” and was issued “without statutory authority.”

“We didn’t believe these actions taken by the president were lawful, and I’m really glad to see Ørsted pushing back heavily,” said Kyle Murray, Massachusetts program director at the Acadia Center, a clean energy research and advocacy nonprofit. “Hopefully this lawsuit will prevail.”

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