Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would probably kill the project in a matter of days. District judge Carl J Nichols, an appointee of Donald