New York sues over Interior Dept.’s $1B bribe to an oil company stop wind power

Electrek
By Jameson DowJun 2, 2026, 5:34 pm120 ptsTrending
New York state has announced a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s illegal $1 billion payment to an oil company to stop development of a wind farm off the New York Coast. The project would have saved New Yorkers $10 billion and created 1,700 jobs, which would have conflicted with the Department of the…

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