President Donald Trump and his administration overstepped their authority by halting federal offshore and onshore wind approvals, 17 states and Washington, D.C., said in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court.

Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore.

Seventeen states filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court challenging President Trump’s directive to shut down offshore wind projects, declaring the sudden halt on wind-energy approvals “ar