Court Orders Restart of US Offshore Wind Construction After Rejecting Security Concerns
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Summary
A court has ordered the restart of all US offshore wind construction after judges reviewed a classified report used to justify halting construction and found it unpersuasive. The judges noted that the government wasn't acting as if the security risks were real, and pointed out the inconsistency of blocking new construction while allowing already-completed turbines to continue operating. The article references five cases where the Trump administration's 'it's classified' justification was put on hold.
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· 3 pulledsome of the judges viewed the classified report that was used to justify the order to halt construction, but they didn't find it persuasive
the judge noted that the government wasn't acting as if the security risks were real
The threat supposedly comes from the operation of the wind turbines, but the Department of the Interior's order blocked construction while allowing any completed hardware to operate
Trump admin's "it's classified" ploy put on hold in five different cases.
