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Offline rangerrebew

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Four lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind
« on: April 07, 2023, 10:45:50 am »
Four lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind 
Credit:  By Benjamin Storrow | 03/29/2023 | eenews.net ~~

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Four cases are challenging the federal environmental permit issued to Vineyard Wind, a 62-turbine facility being planned for construction in the waters off Martha’s Vineyard. A federal judge in Massachusetts heard arguments brought by landowners in two cases in recent weeks. The other two suits, brought by fishing groups, have been consolidated and will appear before the same judge for oral arguments in Boston on Monday.

The cases against Vineyard Wind allege that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management conducted an inadequate environmental review when it approved the project by failing to account for its impact on everything from fishermen to the critically endangered North American right whale.

The stakes are high. The Biden administration is betting that Vineyard Wind will begin an energy revolution in the United States by generating large amounts of carbon-free electricity needed to slash emissions and power the Northeast. Massachusetts utilities signed a contract to buy the project’s power to boost renewables in the state and cut emissions.

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2023/03/29/four-lawsuits-threaten-vineyard-wind/
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Re: Four lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2023, 10:48:09 am »
The last time someone thought of putting wind generators in Martha's Vineyard, those patriotic Americans, the Kennedys, got the idea killed - it ruined their view. *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Four lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2023, 10:55:39 am »
It is interesting that the Leftists there may well set the precedent that brings this nonsense down.
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Re: Four lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2023, 11:26:35 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 07, 2023, 10:55:39 am
It is interesting that the Leftists there may well set the precedent that brings this nonsense down.

Maybe so, but in the meantime, they've also already started the process of shutting down the oil/gas/coal power plants - largely on the pretense that all that capacity can be replaced with wind/solar/etc - which means victories like these will simply leave the rest of us in the dark and cold.
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