Trump Allows Halted NY Offshore Wind Project to Resume Work

The Trump administration has lifted an order that halted construction on a $5 billion wind energy project off the coast of New York.

A unit of energy giant Equinor ASA was informed by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that the project can resume, according to a company statement late Monday. The project was paused in April when Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the Biden administration had rushed its approvals. The head of Equinor met with US officials this month as part of a last-minute push to get it restarted.