A federal judge with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked the permit for the first offshore wind farm in New Jersey, which could completely hinder or end the project’s ambitions. [emphasis, links added]
Environmental Appeals Judge Mary Kay Lynch also returned the Clean Air Act to the U.S. EPA, which was issued to Atlantic Coast offshore winds last September.
The move follows Donald Trump's January 20 memorandum call Review the federal government’s “wind project rental and permitted practice” and temporarily evacuate all areas on the shelves off the continental shelf.
The remand licence authorized by the Atlantic Coast “build and operate two wind generation projects along the New Jersey coast,” although it will now be reviewed in the review.
EPA officials filed a motion on February 28 to return the offshore wind permit so the agency can reassess the project's environmental impact.
The EPA is now led by Chief Executive Lee Zeldin and has taken several actions in the past month alone to eliminate the climate and renewable green energy programs that have been greened by the previous presidential administration.
The New Jersey Public Utilities Commission awarded an offshore contract to the Atlantic Coast with 1.5 MW of renewable energy in 2021, which will be generated at facilities near the Atlantic City coast.
According to its website, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind is a renewable energy company with “aggressive development of three offshore wind leasing areas totaling 400 square miles.”
Friday’s court ruling appears to have a grim shadow on the project’s future. …Sniper…
Protests erupted at offshore wind farms between 2023 and 2025 Protesters raised concerns about high-power cables across residential areas and dead whales and washed dolphins on the Jersey coast.
Wind turbines near the New England coast also previously threw debris into the ocean, prompting environmentalists to focus on wildlife.
This is not the first obstacle to the Atlantic Coast project, because Shell received a planned $1 billion investment in January this year.
A few days later, The Public Utilities Commission in New Jersey abandoned plans for the bid for the fourth offshore wind energy bid.
This effectively ended the expansion of the Atlantic coast. …Sniper…
Trump quickly took action to reverse several green energy policies by former President Joe Biden, convening permits and construction permits for new wind projects in federal land and waters.
The Biden administration supports and subsidizes efforts to achieve the 30 GW of offshore energy target by 2030, although the driving force as a driving force for inflation, high interest rates and logistics to postpone and cancel large projects.
The government also advocates the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate bill of more than $1 trillion.
Trump’s January 20 memorandum will “environmental impact and impact on the surrounding idle windmill communities,” a major issue surrounding offshore wind farms.
Allegations of deadly impacts of whales and other marine mammals have also made headlines.
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