Posted on February 13, 2026
Ari Natter and Jonathan Ferro
The Trump administration plans to appeal a series of court rulings blocking efforts to stop construction of offshore wind farms, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday.
“Absolutely we are,” Burgum told Bloomberg Television. “There will be further discussion on this.”
U.S. judges have overturned five orders by the Trump administration to halt work on multibillion-dollar offshore wind projects, with the most recent ruling occurring earlier this month involving a project off Long Island being developed by Orsted A/S.
Last month, the same Washington-based judge, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, allowed Orsted to resume work on its Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island. Other projects by Dominion Energy Inc., Equinor ASA and Iberdrola SA, have also prevailed in court.
Burgum said during the interview that offshore wind farms pose a national security threat because they could interfere with radar systems and make the U.S. more vulnerable to drone attacks. The Trump administration has also argued the projects are unreliable, expensive and shouldn’t be subsidized by taxpayers.
Proponents of wind energy contend those claims are bogus.
