Federal judge orders Pentagon to resume wind farm environmental reviews

A U.S. District Court judge has ended the Department of Defense's months-long freeze on military evaluations of proposed onshore wind projects, which had effectively halted new wind development permitting.

First covered Aug 6, 2026 · 2:53 PM PT · 2 articles · no longer in the live window

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Coverage

51d CleanTechnica VICTORY: Court Overturns Trump Administration’s Wind Pause — Portland, Oregon — Today, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon ruled in favor of clean energy developers in a legal challenge against…

51d Canary Media The Pentagon's wind farm blockade is over — for now — The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de facto moratorium on…

Primary sources

sierraclub.org 2026 08 06 Opinion And Order Denying Ds Mtd And Granting Ps Pi Mot (sierraclub.org)

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Discussion

Bluesky: @volts.wtf David Roberts · 50d ago · 178 ♥ The courts keep striking down various Trump bids to block renewable energy, but billions of dollars in economic development are getting squandered in the meantime. It ought to be a bigger story.

Appeared in: 2026-08-07 (#2) · 2026-08-08 (#20)

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