Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration in May 2025 following Trump’s day-one presidential memorandum freezing offshore wind permits on all areas of the U.S. “It would appear a pattern exists in litigation against the Trump Administration: plaintiff states suing the Administration cannot back their pleadings with actual evidence,” Vice President of America First Legal Dan Epstein told the DCNF. The Trump administration has cracked down on offshore wind, taking more actions beyond the day-one pause through issuing stop-work orders and freezing all five major offshore wind farms under construction on Dec. 22, citing national security concerns. In contrast, the Biden administration favored offshore wind and cracked down on conventional resources like oil, gas and coal in the name of environmentalism. Additionally, critics of offshore wind say it may be less environmentally friendly than advocates claim, pointing to beached marine mammals and debris from faulty turbines.