{"id":5441,"date":"2026-02-08T19:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/5441\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:51:06","slug":"us-judge-issues-major-ruling-in-battle-over-offshore-project-should-be-very-skeptical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/5441\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge issues major ruling in battle over offshore project: &#8216;Should be very skeptical&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mid-January court ruling has allowed a nearly finished offshore wind project to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-business\/orsted-revolution-wind-construction-trump-blocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resume construction<\/a> after the White House halted its progress in 2025, the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jan\/12\/orsted-rhode-island-wind-project-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United States District Judge Royce Lamberth sided with Danish energy company \u00d8rsted, giving the green light for the construction of Revolution Wind to move forward. The Rhode Island project was one of five offshore developments suspended by the Department of the Interior in late December, with officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/trump-administration-protects-us-national-security-pausing-offshore-wind-leases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">citing<\/a> national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Crews had finished roughly 87% of the Revolution Wind build when work was stopped. The facility should begin delivering electricity to the grid later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Lamberth&#8217;s ruling could be good news for communities that stand to benefit from clean energy. Advocates note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/offshore-wind-energy-study-fisheries-impacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">offshore wind installations<\/a> like Revolution Wind can stabilize local power grids, provide a reliable source of clean energy, and create jobs in coastal regions.<\/p>\n<p>When these facilities replace dirtier power sources, they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/offshore-wind-energy-study-fisheries-impacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">improve air quality<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/guide.thecooldown.com\/journeys\/take-care-of-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">locals<\/a>, too. 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Schneider noted that \u00d8rsted never got to see the secret government report used to justify the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This court should be very skeptical of the government&#8217;s true motives here,&#8221; Schneider said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"max-width:600px\">Get TCD&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/newsletter\/?utm_source=recb3pKNMnd5mwhBU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips to save more, waste less, and make smarter choices \u2014 and earn up to $5,000 toward clean upgrades in TCD&#8217;s exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/links.thecooldown.com\/rewards-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rewards Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"36\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tcd\/assets\/images\/divider-icon-earth.svg\" alt=\"Cool Divider\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mid-January court ruling has allowed a nearly finished offshore wind project to resume construction after the White&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[438,5124,829,5125,5126,287,5127,5128,5129,5130],"class_list":{"0":"post-5441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orsted","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-change-the-way-you-get-involved-on-climate-issues","10":"tag-clean-energy","11":"tag-good-energy-news","12":"tag-good-news","13":"tag-orsted","14":"tag-solar-panels","15":"tag-vote-for-pro-climate-candidates","16":"tag-waste-less","17":"tag-yahoo-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}