A federal judge has slammed the brakes on Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sabotage Rhode Island’s clean energy future, ruling that the Revolution Wind project can resume immediately. The decision marks a critical victory for the environment and working people against an administration seemingly hellbent on destroying renewable energy.

US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction today allowing Orsted A/S to fast-track construction on the nearly complete wind farm off the Rhode Island coast. Lamberth dismissed the administration’s sudden “national security” concerns regarding radar interference as a likely “pretext” to kill the project, stating the government’s actions appeared “arbitrary and capricious.”

This ruling saves a desperately needed energy resource intended to power 350,000 homes. Yet, the legal battle exposes a darker reality. Trump’s relentless stop-work orders act as a government welfare gift to campaign donors associated with the fossil fuel industry.

Critics argue that much of Trump’s agenda is enacted expressly to pay back oil industry barons who donated heavily to his campaign and continue to ply him with lavish gifts. It is a massive bribery scheme that, in normal times, would be considered an impeachable offense. Instead of governing for the people, the administration is accused of trying to bankrupt renewable competitors to protect corporate profits.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, who fought the order, didn’t mince words. “We refuse to accept this Administration’s unlawful attempts to hinder progress,” Neronha said. “The law takes precedent over the political whims of one man.”

The Trump Administration has been sued in court more times in its first year than all previous presidential administrations combined. Trump has lost or faced injunctions in most of these suits, proving that his executive orders often cannot withstand legal scrutiny.

“A year into the Trump Administration, their approach to governing is well-worn: attack any policy or project the President doesn’t like,” Neronha added, noting the government relies on “disingenuous, often illogical arguments.”

With the injunction in place, workers can return to the $5 billion project, securing good-paying union jobs and ensuring Rhode Island isn’t left in the dark to satisfy the President’s oil-industry benefactors.