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Yesterday, the California Attorney General and California Energy Commission (CEC) filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for its backroom deal that led to the cancellation of a major offshore wind project in exchange for out-of-state fossil fuel development. The CEC also issued a subpoena to Golden State Wind.
The Department of Interior (DOI) intends to pay $120 million in taxpayer funds to Golden State Wind to cancel a massive two gigawatt offshore wind project that would power over one million homes with affordable, renewable energy. The Trump administration has announced two additional buyouts, totaling more than $2.5 billion, to trade offshore wind leases on both coasts in exchange for fossil fuel expansion. Some of those efforts have been challenged in court.
Simultaneously, the administration is working to promote the fossil fuel industry in California by expanding leases on public lands, promoting offshore drilling, and threatening more unprecedented emergency orders to boost corporate profits.
In response, Sierra Club’s Senior Campaign Organizer Julia Dowell released the following statement:
