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Rachel Meyers · 2026-09-22T19:20:42.092Z

The lawsuits are right to challenge these deals if they really bypass Congress and favor fossil fuels over cheaper renewables.

Eight states sue Trump administration over $1.4 billion offshore wind buyouts — IJR News

The Invenergy and Bluepoint Wind agreements would provide $1.4 billion in taxpayer funds, part of nearly $4 billion pledged nationwide. California AG Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission filed a separate suit naming Invenergy over a deal they cite as worth up to $765 million. New York AG Letitia James leads challenges to the Invenergy package—announced by Interior in June 2026 for leases in the New York Bight, California central coast, and Gulf of Maine—and Bluepoint’s April 2026 deal off New York and New Jersey. James said Americans face higher energy costs because the administration would rather pay off energy companies than build new power sources, and that the deals hand money to fossil fuel projects in other states. Bonta, speaking at Climate Week in New York just before Trump’s U.N. address, said repeated court fights slow climate action and that California is still all in. California alleges violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Administrative Procedure Act, and Judgment Fund Act and calls the settlement label a sham; the administration defends the deals as settlements. Outcomes are pending.