A file photo of turbines at Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project in waters miles offshore of Virginia Beach, Virginia. — Eze Amos/The New York Times
LESS than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump dealt a blow to five major offshore wind farms last month, Democratic governors in several north-eastern states began plotting a strategy to save them.
In a hastily arranged conference call, the governors discussed suing the Trump administration over its pause on leases for the five wind farms under construction off the east coast, while also negotiating a deal to let the projects proceed.
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