"The wide-ranging order said opponents of the administration’s actions are likely to succeed in legal challenges."
"A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday sided with renewable energy developers in their challenge to the Trump administration’s actions targeting wind and solar projects, blocking the administration from enforcing decisions that advocates say have slowed the development of projects across the country.
U.S. District Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee, said in an order that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the administration’s actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act and that they will “imminently suffer irreparable harm” absent relief.
The order lands as the administration has already suffered several courtroom losses over its numerous actions to target wind and solar power across departments, including its efforts to stop wind projects offshore and onshore.
The ruling Tuesday applies to members of the plaintiff groups that launched the legal challenge. “After careful consideration of the parties’ filings, briefs from amici curiae and oral argument by the parties, the Court ALLOWS Plaintiffs’ motion as to their request to enjoin the Agency Actions preliminarily with respect to [the Green Energy Consumers Alliance] and the Regional Organization Plaintiffs’ members,” Casper wrote."
Kelsey Tamborrino reports for E&E News April 21, 2026.
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"Judge Halts Trump Actions Aimed at Throttling Renewable Energy" (New York Times)
