The Trump administration has lifted a month-old stop-work order on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York, in a compromise with the state that could also see cancelled plans for a gas pipeline revived,

The Trump administration has lifted a stop-work order on New York's offshore wind energy project and will allow construction to resume.

It used to be that proponents of California offshore wind energy lamented being behind their East Coast brethren. But now that the technology is in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump, it’s a luxury.