Groups Sue Federal Government in Bid to Block New York Wind Project

The Department of Interior recently allowed work on the project to resume.

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, which is being developed into a staging facility for Equinor's Empire Wind offshore wind project, in New York City, in an undated aerial photograph. Equinor via Reuters

Environmental organizations on June 3 sued the U.S. government, alleging that its reversal of a stop-work order on a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York City violates federal law.

The May 19 update from the Department of Interior, which permitted work to resume on Empire Wind, violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it does not offer facts supporting the reversal, according to the lawsuit.