Federal Judge Allows Suit by Ocean City Over Wind Project to Move Forward
A federal judge has allowed key portions of Ocean City and Fenwick Island’s legal challenge to US Wind’s offshore wind turbine project to proceed, denying the developer’s request for a full dismissal of the case.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher dismissed three of the eight claims in the lawsuit but ruled that five substantive claims may continue. The decision keeps the legal spotlight on potential impacts to migratory whales and whether federal agencies properly adhered to their own regulatory standards when approving the wind energy project...
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