Two Democratic-led states are calling for a federal judge to immediately block the Trump administration’s stop-work order for a nearly completed 65-turbine wind project off the coast of New England.
On Wednesday, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to overturn the Interior Department’s August order halting the construction of Revolution Wind.
“We have no time to waste in getting Revolution Wind back online,” said Neronha in a statement Wednesday. “In the few weeks since the stop work order was issued, without warning or reason, Rhode Islanders have been harmed, facing daily uncertainty.”
The Ørsted and BlackRock project, which was about 80 percent complete when work ground to a halt, is located about 32 nautical miles from Connecticut and 15 nautical miles from Rhode Island.
