On April 21, Troutman Pepper Locke secured a landmark preliminary injunction on behalf of a consortium of eight regional renewable energy trade groups and a renewable energy nonprofit, blocking further implementation of five directives issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) aimed at creating impediments for federal permitting of wind and solar projects. The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claims that each of the agency actions is arbitrary and capricious and/or contrary to law under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and that the plaintiffs demonstrated that each action has irreparably harmed them by delaying or jeopardizing dozens of specific wind and solar projects planned by member developers. The injunction applies only to members of the plaintiff organizations, but positions the renewable energy industry for a decision on the merits that would likely be nationwide in scope.