Josh Kaplowitz, counsel in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Environmental + Natural Resources Practice Group, was quoted in the August 13, 2026, Recharge News article, “Atlantic Shores Ruling Puts Final US Offshore Wind Permits Back in Play.”

  • Josh Kaplowitz, an attorney with Troutman Pepper Locke specializing in offshore wind, however called the ruling “surprising.”
  • “The law says you shouldn’t be able to remand if there’s bad faith. And I think that there’s abundant evidence of bad faith, that this is all pretextual,” he told Recharge. “It’s just finding every hook they can to stymie offshore wind.”
  • Kaplowitz said the judge’s precedent could impact energy development beyond offshore wind.
  • “Any energy industry that has any sort of political controversy around it, [this] should make them very nervous,” he said.
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