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Offshore Wind Permitting Fight
Coverage from Inside Climate News, Solar Power World, and others
Federal actions restricting wind and solar projects are being challenged in court, and judges have repeatedly allowed construction or permitting processes to continue.
Offshore wind projects in New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts have resumed or advanced, while broader permitting disputes continue to threaten large renewable pipelines on federal land.
The story has broadened from offshore wind stop-work fights into a wider, more explicit challenge to federal wind and solar permitting, with courts still repeatedly blocking or narrowing agency restrictions. Massachusetts now joins New York and Virginia as a place where projects have been allowed to proceed, while federal-land permitting disputes remain a major bottleneck.