Trump Administration Defends Empire Wind Project Before DC Court

The Empire Wind 1 offshore project being built near New York shouldn’t be put on pause, the Interior and Commerce departments told a Washington federal court in a brief defending their construction approvals.

“The public interest would be harmed by Plaintiffs’ unwarranted disruption of government-issued permits and approvals on issues that have already been litigated,” the departments said in their Sept. 5 opposition to a motion for an administrative stay filed at the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Save Long Beach Island Inc.—a coalition of homeowners, residents, and business owners—in addition to other groups sued in July, ...