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Lawmakers demand answers on offshore wind projects

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration about the “national security threats” it cited in the decision to scuttle several multibillion-dollar offshore wind projects.

In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey demanded a sit-down meeting with the agencies to review “recently completed classified reports” behind the “national security risks” the Trump administration cited in its decision to halt construction of the offshore wind projects.

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By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter

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December 29, 2025
Judge overturns Trump order blocking wind permits

BOSTON — A federal judge gave the go-ahead for Massachusetts and other states to proceed with wind energy expansion by rejecting an executive order signed by President Donald Trump halting permits for clean energy projects.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris on Monday sides with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 16 other Democrats who challenged Trump’s authority to enforce an order Jan. 20 that halted several offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to New Jersey.

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December 13, 2025
New England offshore wind project in Trump’s crosshairs

BOSTON — The Trump administration is signaling that it will likely cancel a federal permit for a regional offshore wind project, drawing a rebuke from state leaders and environmentalists who said such a decision would set back the state’s climate change goals and cost thousands of good-paying jobs.

The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a new court filing last week that it is reconsidering federal approval of Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 project. The 719-megawatt project called for generating enough electricity to power more than 400,000 homes in the state.

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September 8, 2025