Conservative groups cleared to continue legal fight to protect whales from Biden-backed offshore wind farm

A coalition of conservative organizations have standing to continue fighting a Biden administration wind project in Virginia, a federal judge determined. 

However, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan of the District of Columbia, a Biden appointee, denied the plaintiff's petition for a preliminary injunction to halt construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project from going forward. 

On Thursday, the plaintiffs withdrew a petition for an expedited appeal to the D.C. Circuit...