U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered a halt to construction of Equinor's Empire Wind project off the coast of New York, saying information suggested the Biden administration approved it without enough environmental analysis.

The Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday ordered a stop to all construction activities on Equinor’s (EQNR) Empire Wind Project on the coast of New York after suggesting that Joe Biden’s administration had rushed through the approval process of the wind farm.