Deficiencies in Dominion’s offshore wind permits

CFACT has already criticized several offshore wind permitting cases for being inadequate due to the omission of important issues, making them incomplete. Some of the worst cases are listed below.…

Alaska court: Climate change can’t justify giant habitat for seals

The court’s rebuke of the Biden administration’s attempt to use the ESA to curtail fossil-fuel development in Alaska could set the stage for developing this hydrocarbon-rich area under a new…

Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind

The big question is whether unavoidable yet deadly offshore wind harassment is even legal under the MMPA and the Endangered Species Act.

Dominion Energy’s absurd reply to CFACT’s whale protection lawsuit

This central claim by Dominion is simply absurd: “The overwhelming consensus of federal agencies and scientific organizations is that offshore wind does not adversely impact marine life.” No adverse impact?…

Ignoring dead whales, NOAA proposes another site survey off New Jersey

In the offshore wind stampede Biden’s National Marine Fisheries Service has lost sight of its mission to protect marine mammals.