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The Defense Department stopped processing national security reviews of wind projects in May, despite a law demanding they be completed in 75 days.<\/strong><\/p>

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Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 7, 2022, near Block Island, Rhode Island. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to lift its freeze on reviewing offshore wind energy projects for national security concerns, one of several tools the Trump administration has used<\/a> to undercut the renewables industry.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut granted a preliminary injunction<\/a> to renewable energy groups that lifts the freeze as their lawsuit challenging the policy plays out in court.<\/p>\n

According to a 2011 law, the Defense Department is required to complete the reviews within 75 days. But the department had slowed approvals for proposed wind projects last year, before halting them entirely in May.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon\u2019s press office said in an email that the department does not comment on ongoing litigation.<\/p>

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President Donald Trump has criticized wind power as being ugly and expensive. Proponents say that the projects help curb climate change by producing fewer greenhouse gas emissions and that offshore wind in particular is an essential energy source for large cities on the East Coast where there is little room to build onshore.<\/p>\n

The Interior Department has separately bought back $3.9 billion in offshore wind leases, buying back areas from Germany\u2019s RWE<\/a> on Thursday in the fifth deal of its kind. Analysts say Trump\u2019s policies to stymie renewables and boost fossil fuels are probably subtracting energy from the grid<\/a> at a time when consumers\u2019 electricity bills are rapidly rising.<\/p>\n

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