Six US states sue Trump administration over $1 billion deal to cancel offshore wind projects
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Summary
Six US states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a deal that paid nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to French energy firm TotalEnergies to cancel a major offshore wind lease off the coast of New York. The deal required TotalEnergies to terminate two offshore windfarm projects off New York and North Carolina, pledge not to develop new US offshore wind projects, and instead invest hundreds of millions in oil and gas projects. State attorneys general argue the deal is unlawful.
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Six states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cancel a major offshore wind lease off the coast of New York.
TotalEnergies agreed to terminate the projects and pledged not to develop any new offshore wind projects in the United States, while investing hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas projects.
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