The District of Columbia and 17 states — including New York, Arizona, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, and Illinois — sued the Trump administration Monday over its attempts to stop wind energy developments across the US.
The states also claim that the Trump administration is abruptly reversing longstanding policy after federal agencies have already assessed the potential benefits and risks of wind energy projects. Trump’s presidential memorandum calls for a new review of federal permitting processes and the purported environmental and economic “necessity of terminating or amending any existing wind energy leases.” The plaintiffs allege that the Trump administration is failing to follow existing environmental rules regulating industry, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
In April, the Trump administration escalated its fight against windmills by ordering the developer of a major project off the coast of New York to stop construction, even though the project already had federal and state approvals in place. The company, Equinor, said in an earnings call last week that it’s considering taking legal action.
The complaint filed today in a Massachusetts district court calls the president’s directive an “existential threat” to the industry that has already “stopped most wind-energy development in its tracks.”
Starting on February 26th, 2025, Amazon is removing a feature from its website allowing you to download purchased books to a computer and then copy them manually to a Kindle over USB. It’s a feature that a lot of Kindle users are probably not aware of, given books can be more easily sent to devices over Wi-Fi, but it’s especially useful for backing up purchases or converting them to other formats compatible with non-Kindle e-readers.