US ignored own scientists’ warning in backing Atlantic wind farm

Written by Jennifer A Dlouhy

U.S. government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast threatened the Southern New England Cod, a species so venerated in the region a wooden carving of it hangs in the Massachusetts state house. The Interior Department approved the project anyway.

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Ten whale groups slam Atlantic Offshore Wind Strategy

Written by David Wojick

Ten whale protection groups, including some prestigious names, filed lengthy and highly critical comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s “DRAFT BOEM and NOAA Fisheries North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy, October 2022”.

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