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.
January 27, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday lifted a Trump administration freeze on the nearly complete Vineyard Wind offshore energy project, saying the government had likely flouted federal law by failing to explain a "disconnect" between its stated concerns about national security and its willingness to allow completed turbines to continue operating.
January 16, 2026
Vineyard Wind has filed a suit in Massachusetts federal court urging a judge to let it finish work on a $4.5 billion, 800 megawatt offshore wind energy project that was due to be completed by the end of March before being halted by the Trump administration.