A Massachusetts federal court vacated President Trump’s January 20 memorandum, which halted all offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). See State of New York et al., v. Trump, No. 25-cv-11221 (D. Mass. Dec. 8, 2025).

In January of this year, President Trump issued a memorandum pausing offshore wind leasing on the OCS and mandating a review of the federal government’s wind project leasing practices (the Wind Memo). It required the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of all other relevant agencies (collectively, the Agency Defendants) to conduct a comprehensive assessment and review of federal wind leasing and permitting practices, considering environmental impacts of onshore and offshore wind on wildlife, the economic costs associated with electricity generation, and the effect of subsidies on the wind industry.

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