California sues over Trump wind-buyout deal that scrubs Morro Bay project

California filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration and wind developer Golden State Wind, alleging a buyout that paid the developer to drop offshore wind leases in favor of oil and gas violates federal law and wastes taxpayer money. The move, part of a broader set of wind-lease cancellations, leaves California with just two offshore wind leases and threatens its goal of 25 GW by 2045, potentially costing up to 170,000 clean-energy jobs; the state argues the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requires California input on leasing decisions and that the payments draw from a federal fund meant to settle lawsuits.