US Supreme Court Turns Down Vineyard Wind 1 Challenge
The US Supreme Court has denied petitions by New England fisheries consortiums seeking to overturn the federal government’s approval of the 806-MW Vineyard Wind 1 project off the Massachusetts coast.
The Court order issued on Monday turns down two separate petitions filed in March by Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a fishing industry association, and fishing company Seafreeze Shoreside Inc. The parallel petitions challenged the government agencies’ permits for the offshore wind scheme. Both organisations claimed that the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...
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