‘This administration cooked up a sham deal’: New York sues Trump administration for refunding foreign company $1 billion to end offshore wind project
New York's attorney general, joined by several other state attorneys general, has filed a lawsuit challenging a $1 billion deal made by the Trump administration to refund a French company for abandoning offshore wind projects. The states argue this agreement harms their economies, energy grids, and climate goals, and that the administration improperly canceled the lease. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the cancellation and settlement with TotalEnergies, which plans to reinvest the refunded money into fossil fuel projects. AI
