Rhode Island, Connecticut and an Orsted A/S-backed wind farm venture sued the Trump administration in an effort to revive construction of an almost-finished offshore project that was abruptly blocked by the government last month.
Revolution Wind LLC, co-owned by Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners, sued Thursday morning in federal court in Washington, hours before the two New England states announced a lawsuit of their own. The cases kick off a major legal battle over a flurry of recent orders reflecting President Donald Trump’s longstanding antipathy to wind power. The orders threaten billions of dollars of investments, hundreds ...