President Donald Trump’s executive order directing government agencies to halt approving new wind energy projects was ruled illegal by a federal judge.

The ruling Monday sided with more than a dozen states and a New York clean energy group that had challenged the executive order that essentially froze U.S. approvals of wind energy developments pending a review.

Trump issued the executive order on his first day in office, a move that included a freeze in permitting wind power projects despite warnings from developers it imperiled jobs from coast to coast. It was part of his administration’s efforts to boost the nation’s output of fossil fuels and reverse former President Joe Biden’s federal support of clean energy.

Trump’s campaign to thwart renewables — and offshore wind in particular —

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