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class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwtdghi000x27p68g3gbquz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A coalition of seven blue states sued the Trump administration Tuesday after it paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/23\/climate\/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation\">a French company<\/a> nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to not build offshore wind farms.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00az00053b6rvfpk50ch@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The lawsuit, led by New York attorney general Letitia James, argued that the deal struck between TotalEnergies and the Trump administration earlier this year deprived their states of much-needed power, and could raise electricity costs in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b000063b6rqhk9zdcb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In March, the Trump administration announced it would pay French energy giant TotalEnergies $928 million in taxpayer funds to reimburse the company for leases it had purchased under the Biden administration, allowing it to develop two offshore wind farms in waters near New York and North Carolina. The vast majority of that \u2014 $795 million \u2014 would have gone towards developing the New York project.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/factbox\/instances\/cmpwx196q00093b6ry2nkavvi@published\" data-component-name=\"factbox\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"factbox-elevate vossi-factbox_elevate factbox__\">\n<h3 class=\"factbox-elevate__title vossi-factbox_elevate__title inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"title\">\n    &#x26c5; Get CNN Weather in your inbox<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<ul data-editable=\"items\" class=\"factbox__items factbox__items--ul\">\n<li data-editable=\"items.0.text\" class=\"factbox-elevate__item vossi-factbox_elevate__item inline-placeholder\">The forecast is just the beginning. We\u2019ll\u202fsend you expert coverage and the stories behind the weather \u2014 so you always know more than just the number. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\/weather-alerts?source=growth_nl-acq_st-web_wx_nsub_v1\">Sign up for the newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b000073b6r2vza1y1m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In exchange, TotalEnergies would spend that reimbursed money on the development of a new liquified natural gas plant in Texas, helping export US LNG overseas to Europe, CEO Patrick Pouyann\u00e9 said in a statement at the time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b000083b6r7bgrcc2q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In April, the administration announced it would spend another nearly $900 million to repay two more wind energy developers to not build projects in New York and California (the April deal is not part of the current lawsuit).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b000093b6rej0mtraf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a statement, James called the March announcement an \u201cillegal agreement.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000a3b6rxtu0smil@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAfter repeatedly losing in court, this administration cooked up a sham deal to pay a foreign energy company hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to abandon offshore wind and invest in oil and gas instead,\u201d James said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000b3b6ruqaia4yr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. State attorneys general from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/court-filings\/new-york-et-al-v-united-states-department-of-the-interior.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">argued on Tuesday<\/a> the administration had violated the law when executing the March deal \u2014 failing to hold a hearing required by law to determine that keeping the offshore wind leases \u201cwould likely cause serious harm to life, property, national security, or the environment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000c3b6r1bpp9j9a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The state AGs also contended the deal violated the Judgment Fund Act because it was not a payment in settlement of an \u201cimminent lawsuit,\u201d rather a \u201ca contrived arrangement to satisfy the president\u2019s personal opposition to wind energy.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000d3b6rm4ma33jd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Interior Department called the agreements \u201cvoluntary\u201d and said \u201cno one was forced to sign them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpx0d5at00013b6rrmx4jh4i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese settlements were reviewed and approved by the Department of Justice, underscoring that they went through the appropriate channels,\u201d the Interior spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cThe only thing blatantly unlawful here was the process by which these offshore wind leases were negotiated and imposed under the Biden administration.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000e3b6rkeg9ogdk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Offshore wind energy is personally reviled by President Donald Trump, and his administration has thrown up multiple roadblocks for offshore wind projects at every stage of their development. After the courts stymied the administration\u2019s attempts to block construction on more mature projects, the March announcement was the first sign of a new strategy: paying to stop wind farms before they begin.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000f3b6rsg8zokfp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The blue state lawsuit is test of whether the courts will weigh in to halt this tactic. AGs are asking the court to strike down the agreement and vacate the lease cancellation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpwv00b0000g3b6rnnp70mqb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPresident Trump has made his opposition to offshore wind clear for years, and this action reflects a continued effort to undermine clean energy development in favor of fossil fuel interests,\u201d Massachusetts attorney general Andrea Campbell said in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/02\/climate\/trump-totalenergies-lawsuit-offshore-wind\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Seven blue states sued the Trump administration after it paid a French company nearly $1 billion to cancel offshore wind projects. 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