A coalition of Democrat state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the Trump administration from suspending the leasing and permitting of onshore and offshore wind projects.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued in federal court in Boston over President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day memorandum that called for the federal government to prohibit “new or renewed approvals, rights of way, permits, leases, or loans for onshore or offshore wind projects pending the completion of a comprehensive assessment and review of Federal wind leasing and permitting practices.”

“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “This arbitrary and unnecessary directive threatens the loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments, and it is delaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.”

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