July 06, 2026
The first half of 2026 saw the Trump administration's push to restrict renewable energy development hit judicial speed bumps and the U.S. Supreme Court potentially change the course of long-running cases that pit state governments against oil and gas heavyweights. Here are several court decisions that stood out for energy attorneys in the first half of this year.
February 02, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Monday lifted the Trump administration's halt of the Sunrise Wind project, the final victory for five East Coast offshore wind farms that all convinced courts to block the government's stop-work orders.
January 29, 2026
The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to reject New York's attempt to undo the suspension of an Ørsted subsidiary's offshore wind project, saying the state has only claimed distant and derivative economic harm.
January 07, 2026
Danish energy developer Ørsted has expanded its legal fight against the Trump administration's latest order halting offshore wind projects, filing a lawsuit claiming the order unlawfully blocks the construction of its Sunrise Wind project off the New York coast.