After losing in court, the administration froze five offshore wind farms, and lost again

In early December 2025, a federal judge in Massachusetts struck down Trump's executive order blocking wind-energy leasing as arbitrary and capricious. Two weeks later, the Interior Department paused leases for five large offshore wind projects already under construction off Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Virginia, citing national security risks identified by the Pentagon that it did not describe.

The Defense Department had previously reviewed at least one of the projects, Revolution Wind, and found no adverse effect on its missions. Developers and states sued, and judges allowed all five projects to resume; one ruled the government had not shown an imminent national security risk. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind began delivering power in March 2026.