One of Trump’s first actions after his inauguration Monday was to halt all new leases and permits for offshore wind projects and to direct the incoming Interior secretary to review existing permits to determine if they warrant “terminating or amending.

President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of a wave of executive actions on his first day in office. The order cited high energy prices as a reason the country needed to boost oil and gas production.

Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.