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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Trump admin lifts hold on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/windfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windfarm</span></a>, doesn’t explain why<br>Reasons for the hold were never backed up, and nobody's explaining why it ended.<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EmpireWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireWind</span></a> is a large project being built off <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LongIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongIsland</span></a> by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Equinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equinor</span></a>, Norwegian energy company. The first of two phases, Empire Wind 1, will have an 800MW capacity and has already received permitting and environmental approval. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> indicates a review of its approval is ongoing, but construction can resume during the review<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/trump-admin-lifts-hold-on-offshore-wind-farm-doesnt-explain-why/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/trump-admin-lifts-hold-on-offshore-wind-farm-doesnt-explain-why/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a>) has canceled the second <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshorewind</span></a> lease sale in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> due to “a lack of competitive interest.”</p><p>BOEM received 25 comments in response to the March #2024 Proposed Sale Notice, but only one company expressed interest in participating. The federal agency says it may decide to move forward with a lease sale in the future depending on industry interest. <a href="https://electrek.co/2024/07/26/us-just-canceled-second-gulf-of-mexico-offshore-wind-lease-sale/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2024/07/26/us-just</span><span class="invisible">-canceled-second-gulf-of-mexico-offshore-wind-lease-sale/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SunriseWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunriseWind</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>’s largest offshore <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/windfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windfarm</span></a>, now has the final permit it needs from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a>) to start construction.<br>The 924-megawatt (MW) Sunrise Wind, a 50-50 partnership between Ørsted and Eversource, will generate enough clean energy to power nearly 600,000 New York households. It’s around 30 miles east of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MontaukPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontaukPoint</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LongIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongIsland</span></a>, and is expected to be operational in 2026. <br><a href="https://electrek.co/2024/06/24/new-yorks-largest-offshore-wind-farm-sunrise-wind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2024/06/24/new-yor</span><span class="invisible">ks-largest-offshore-wind-farm-sunrise-wind/</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshorewind</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The US Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a>) has designated two final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> which could accommodate 2.4 GW of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a> capacity.</p><p>The two areas total approximately 195,012 acres and they avoid 98 per cent of the areas recommended for exclusion due to their importance as commercial fishing grounds, BOEM said."</p><p><a href="https://www.offshorewind.biz/2024/02/14/boem-designates-oregon-areas-for-2-4-gw-of-offshore-wind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">offshorewind.biz/2024/02/14/bo</span><span class="invisible">em-designates-oregon-areas-for-2-4-gw-of-offshore-wind/</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>US Interior Department's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> completes its environmental review of the proposed Empire Wind Farm Project offshore <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, which the bureau estimates could power 700,000+ homes. <a href="https://www.boem.gov/newsroom/press-releases/boem-completes-environmental-analysis-proposed-wind-project-offshore-new-0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boem.gov/newsroom/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">es/boem-completes-environmental-analysis-proposed-wind-project-offshore-new-0</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>U.S. gov. hoped companies would build wind farms off Texas coast. No one did<br><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/29/texas-offshore-wind-farms-leases-gulf-of-mexico-bids" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2023/08/29/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-offshore-wind-farms-leases-gulf-of-mexico-bids</span></a></p><p>* no bids on leases: <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/gulf-mexico-activities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boem.gov/renewable-energy/stat</span><span class="invisible">e-activities/gulf-mexico-activities</span></a><br>* Offshore wind advocates blame TX antagonistic political climate<br>* proposed bill (failed) would have strictly regulated renewable energy projects<br>* Texas Public Policy Foundation</p><p><a href="https://persagen.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">persagen.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &gt;&gt; search:<br>"Texas Public Policy Foundation"<br>"Texas Public Policy Foundation" AND koch</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlesKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesKoch</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WindFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindFarm</span></a> Off <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> Coast Wins Biden’s Approval as Locals Balk<br>Under Interior Department’s approval, as many as 98 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/windturbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windturbines</span></a> and three <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshorewind</span></a> substations could be installed about 13nm southeast of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AtlanticCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlanticCity</span></a>, with power cables coming ashore in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OceanCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanCounty</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CapeMay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeMay</span></a> County. According to the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a>, the project is estimated to have a generating capacity of 1.1GW, capable of powering more than 380,000 homes over the opposition of some local residents.<br><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wind-farm-off-jersey-coast-173238612.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/wind-fa</span><span class="invisible">rm-off-jersey-coast-173238612.html</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> has issued a final environmental assessment on potential impacts from offshore <a href="https://journa.host/tags/windpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windpower</span></a> leasing on the US Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone towards the potential first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf. <a href="https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/renewable-energy/state-activities/GOM%20Wind%20Lease%20EA.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boem.gov/sites/default/files/d</span><span class="invisible">ocuments/renewable-energy/state-activities/GOM%20Wind%20Lease%20EA.pdf</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>You can comment on this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a> proposal even if you don't live in Maine, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts: After all, carbon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> affect everyone on the planet. A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindPark</span></a> that helps cut emissions benefits everyone.</p><p>Links here:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maine/gulf-maine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boem.gov/renewable-energy/stat</span><span class="invisible">e-activities/maine/gulf-maine</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The Biden's administration on Tuesday said it had finalized an area of nearly 10 million acres in the Gulf of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> for potential <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a> development, a major step toward expanding the industry into northern New England.</p><p>In a statement, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it would kick off a 45-day period for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicComment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicComment</span></a> on the area, which sits off the coasts of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> and Maine."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-identifies-gulf-maine-area-offshore-wind-development-2023-04-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-identi</span><span class="invisible">fies-gulf-maine-area-offshore-wind-development-2023-04-25/</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>Fewer than 100 critically endangered Rice’s whales are left in existence. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management just opened the door to drilling that could push them to extinction. </p><p>Tell <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> we must protect Rice’s whales via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRDC</span></a> <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/2756ya7e" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2756ya7e</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"Lease Sale 259 would offer up all unleased areas in the western and central <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>, which could lock in a massive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drilling</span></a> operation to extract more than 1 billion barrels of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and 4.4 trillion cubic feet of natural <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> over the next 50 years," the groups warned.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/groups-sue-to-stop-biden-lease-sale-259" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/groups-s</span><span class="invisible">ue-to-stop-biden-lease-sale-259</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>Do right by whales!</p><p>Save endangered whales. Tell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) you support strong protections for North Atlantic right whales while responsibly developing offshore businesses. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://action.nrdc.org/letter/1484-right-whales-021523" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.nrdc.org/letter/1484-ri</span><span class="invisible">ght-whales-021523</span></a></p>
Willett Kempton<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@sarae" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sarae</span></a></span> Ok, so your unstated answer to my question “Sara, are you talking about <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshorewind</span></a> developers with <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> approved construction and operation plan?” Is “no.” Since the <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> process is already what you say is “needed”, I hope you can understand why <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@croselund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>croselund</span></a></span> and I were confused. I’m not an expert on small land based developments, so I won’t comment further.</p>
Willett Kempton<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@sarae" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sarae</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@croselund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>croselund</span></a></span> Sara, are you talking about <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offshorewind</span></a> developers with <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/BOEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOEM</span></a> approved construction and operation plan? Or aspiring developers with two people and an idea? The former have already passed many high barriers to show they can build with min environmental damage. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@croselund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>croselund</span></a></span> said we have to build things if we are going to deal with <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. Can you give examples of why more regulation is needed in OSW? I've read many EIS and COP for OSW, and disagree.</p>
JQ<p>Excellent article on the promise of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/osw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osw</span></a> contrasted with the threat of extractive resource industries on rural and indigenous communities <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/humboldtca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humboldtca</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/boem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boem</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nitter.1d4.us/WeAreHAF/status/1601273265355255811" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nitter.1d4.us/WeAreHAF/status/</span><span class="invisible">1601273265355255811</span></a></p>