…if these deals are structured as settlements of claims, they are likely to be much more insulated from judicial interference than mere administrative orders…
Tag: Offshore Wind
Save Long Beach Island (LBI) Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect the Migration Corridor of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Lawsuit seeks to compel NOAA to act on a year-old petition to designate the whale’s migration path a “critical habitat” to ensure its survival.
BOEM Offshore Wind Approvals: Radar Risks Identified, Not Resolved
“Congress now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore…
CfD Subsidies Hit Record High In 2025
This gives the lie to the “nine times cheaper than gas” claim, which I have seen some people still claim.
Breaking: The Trump Administration Protects U.S. National Security by Pausing Offshore Wind Leases
The Department of Energy in a 2024 report stated that a radar’s threshold for false alarm detection can be increased to reduce some clutter, but an increased detection threshold could…
The Severe Ecological Ramifications of Offshore Windfarms in the Atlantic
They presume that a system as complex as the Atlantic continental shelf will behave according to their intentions rather than according to its physics.
Orsted vs. Trump: An Offshore Battle Looms
What this $10 billion battle with the Trump administration means for Orsted’s Danish government owner remains to be seen.
Feds Respond to Save LBI Lawsuit with Motion to Reconsider Approvals for Massive Atlantic Shores Wind Farm
Save LBI will continue advocating for a full rescission of unlawful approvals, protection of the right whale’s migration, and an overhaul of BOEM and NMFS’s offshore wind permitting practices.
Transportation Dept. takes more wind out of offshore wind
The DOT made the right call in ending these wind turbine subsidies and redirecting the money to where it’s really needed.
NOAA petitioned to stop offshore wind killing whales
Three environmental groups have formally petitioned NOAA to revoke its prior marine mammal harassment authorizations citing new science that harassment can be deadly. The specific target of the petition is…
More Evidence of a Global Offshore Wind Project Collapse
The Aussie Government is worried it might have to pay for Australia’s own commercially unviable renewable projects, after President Trump pulled US support.
Natural Gas to the Rescue… Again
When demand ramps up, natural gas ramps up to meet the demand. When demand “really” ramps up, New England fires up its only coal-fired power plant and both regions fire…
Energy Investment Out of Balance… And It Could Cost Us All
Prioritizing these low-return investments while starving high-EROI energy sources will only drive costs higher for taxpayers, slow economic growth, and compromise grid reliability. If we continue down this path, the…
Biden’s Offshore Wind Dreams Drowning As Trump Guts Industry
The offshore wind industry is floundering as President Donald Trump reverses Biden-era policies designed to boost the industrialization of America’s oceans.
Skipping the Rules: Offshore Wind’s Legal Issue
“The law remains clear: the Department of the Interior must ensure that offshore projects prevent unreasonable interference before approval — not simply allow harm and hope payouts will quiet objections.”
Showdown looms for Empire Wind
Two years ago I flagged NOAA Fisheries for cumulatively authorizing harassments of the North Atlantic Right Whale that exceeded 200% of the population here: https://www.cfact.org/2023/04/24/noaa-proposes-hammering-208-of-vanishing-right-whales/. That cumulative number is now much…
Green Giants vs. Trump: Billion-Dollar Enviro Groups Fight to Save Wind Power
Wind power is not clean, not affordable, and certainly not reliable. It is, however, deadly to millions of birds, bats, and marine mammals. No more of these deadly turbines should…
Dutch Wind Woes: Offshore Auction Scrapped as Bidders Bail Without Subsidies
The government said it was still looking into ways to reintroduce subsidies in its tenders for offshore wind farms, as prospective bidders are backing out of the current “zero subsidy”…
STEVE MILLOY: ‘All Of The Above’ Is DEI For Energy
The concept of ‘all of the above’ dates back to a mid-2000s convergence of energy-related events including: (1) the then emerging but imaginary “climate crisis” and (2) an actual energy…
Maine’s floating wind program takes another hit
The US Energy Department recently suspended a large grant at the University of Maine for research on floating wind technology. The full significance of this suspension will not be known…