A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. Elsewhere, other renewable energy projects have been unable to connect and deliver power to the grid, the National Interconnected System.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2023

As people around the world grapple with climate change, scientists and engineers are exploring new and exciting ocean-based solutions to generate renewable energy. Tidal energy is emerging as another clean energy source alongside offshore wind farms and wave energy technology. What is tidal energy?

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The development of offshore wind energy would aid in meeting the State’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. from the Plan focuses on prioritizing offshore wind strategic planning for outreach, workforce, and impact assessments in order to reach an offshore wind power generation goal of 5 gigawatts by 2035.

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2020

On Monday, July 27, the Sabin Center filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in support of the proposed Vineyard Wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts on behalf of the group Win with South Fork Wind (“Win with Wind”).

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A floating offshore wind farm is being installed in Scotland. The UK is going full throttle on the fast-emerging floating offshore wind technology with projects lined up on both sides of the British Isles; the North Sea , the Celtic Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo credit: Statkraft. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2024

Some years ago, I began to feel the most important thing I could do was learn how to replace fossil fuel with renewable energy. For 30 years I have been an advocate for offshore wind development off New England’s coast and for the creation of institutions to support a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

“Brazil has great potential to produce cheap green hydrogen, and offshore wind energy will contribute significantly to this,” said Gannoum. “We We see this as an opportunity to industrialise the economy from a renewable energy matrix.” Offshore wind power is being resisted by sectors linked to fossil fuels.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

These early thinkers were Thales (5) who created natural philosophy and theorized that seismological events such as earthquakes had a natural cause (correct) but assumed (wrongly) that landmasses were giant rafts that reacted to ocean ripples which caused the quakes. He was wrong about this too but Anaximander had another idea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

While floating offshore wind is more challenging to develop than fixed-bottom projects, the Gulf of Maine has the highest, most consistent wind speeds on the East Coast. NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035. Pass this bill!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S. can’t wholly abandon fossil fuel as it ramps up renewable energy sources. Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable.

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The Energy Law

JULY 2, 2021

Last week, the Louisiana Governor’s Office hosted Louisiana Wind Week 2021 to assess Louisiana’s future in offshore wind energy development. Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15.

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The Energy Law

JULY 2, 2021

Last week, the Louisiana Governor’s Office hosted Louisiana Wind Week 2021 to assess Louisiana’s future in offshore wind energy development. Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

For example, in recent years, federal courts have denied motions for preliminary injunction in litigation pertaining to the South Fork Wind , Vineyard Wind , and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind projects. For background, in January 2024, Green Oceans filed a complaint in the U.S.

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Acoel

JULY 30, 2021

Like Dangerfield, advocates for the clean energy technology known as offshore wind power (OSW) have confronted a regulatory field of danger from hesitant environmental and utility regulators, legislators, beachfront home owners, and a most difficult set of critics—fishermen. based) companies.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 18, 2023

This week, the Sabin Center submitted comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Empire Offshore Wind. The submarine export cable for EW1 would make landfall in Brooklyn, while the cable for EW2 would make landfall in Nassau County.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Governing this vast area, four agency mandates prioritize oceans, while other mandates involve oceans.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2022

On May 31, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for a pair of renewable energy lease sales offshore California.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Finally, deserts, due to their location, are important sources of generating renewable energy. Smaller solar panels convert light into energy, but the large arrays in the deserts work differently. Smaller solar panels convert light into energy, but the large arrays in the deserts work differently. Leisure and Tourism.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 24, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. This February, an extreme freeze in Texas left millions without power, took over 200 lives and caused dead fish to wash up along Texas shorelines. That’s not helping our ocean or Americans. Offshore wind power is a key ocean-based climate solution that we need to invest in.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity Filed Lawsuit Seeking Records on Termination of National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Now, a leaked Trump budget memo described in news reports indicates that NOAA will face further drastic cuts in staffing and budgets soon, including potentially getting rid of the entire Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) division.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

The new global record in the generation of renewable energy was powered primarily by solar and wind. Solar power has been the fastest growing source of electricity in the world for 19 years in a row according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024. More on that shortly. But first, the undeniably good news.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

For all that President-elect Donald Trump trashed renewable energy on the stump, much of his ranting may very well become a murmur when he returns to the Oval Office. That is because the renewable energy industry is growing jobs more than twice as fast as the overall economy.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Trump administration will not renew key EPA advisers, cancels committee meetings in agency shakeup. Rick Perry blames ocean for climate change: Energy secretary once again denies scientific consensus. Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.19.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Trumps Arguments Against Offshore Wind Why, you might ask, is Trump so opposed to offshore wind a technology that is not just an essential component of a low-carbon transition but a promising source of new economic growth and a way to compete with China? As people got used to wind turbines, they did not mind the sight of them as much.

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