The Pentagon and Pete Hegseth are facing a lawsuit from 9 renewable energy groups. Here’s why

Groups filed a lawsuit in Oregon against the Pentagon and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over wind farm reviews.

FILE – Wind turbines oeprate on April 1, 2025, in Boardman, Ore. [Photo: Jenny Kane, File/AP Photo]

Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively frozen for months. The groups say this logjam jeopardizes $47 billion in investments and thousands of jobs in 21 states.President Donald Trump has frequently talked about his hatred of wind power and calls turbines ugly. Currently, about 10% of the electricity generated in the United States comes from wind farms, making it the nation’s largest source of renewable energy. Solar is the fastest-growing.The lawsuit against the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon by nine groups, including Renewable Northwest and the Advanced Power Alliance. They allege that a policy of inaction “poses an existential threat to the wind energy industry across the nation by effectively halting all new development........

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