After taking office, President Donald Trump issued a temporary offshore wind lease that evacuates all coastal areas of the country.
During the Biden-Harris administration, dozens of community groups opposed offshore wind energy development, fearing the impact on marine wildlife, view sheds and power rates, among others. [emphasis, links added]
Although many activists are located in blue states, rather than Trump supporters, they want the Trump administration to be more sensitive to their focus.
Amy Disibio, a board member of ACK Whale in Nantucket, told Just news Not everyone has the limitations of executive orders. “It's obvious that there's nothing it can do, and there's nothing it can do. I think a lot of the public are excited about it,” Disipio said.
Recently, the limitations of Trump's suspension became obvious when the Empire Style began to build.
The first phase will build 54 turbines, each nearly 1,000 feet, and 30 miles from the south coast of Long Island, New York.
After the two phases are completed, the project will have nearly 150 turbines on nearly 80,000 acres of Atlantic Ocean.
Quiet operation
The developer, based in Norway, has not provided photography opportunities for politicians from New York and New Jersey to hold any ribbon-cutting ceremony, and there is no press release to announce the start of the construction of the imperial style.
When vineyards were opened off the coast of Naltacket to start construction, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued a press release, while traditional media provided favorable coverage.
The public only realized that the initial phase of the Empire construction had begun due to an email sent on March 24 on the Sailor Group’s list, noting that the rock installation began in the Empire Wind 1 rental area.
Trump's moratorium order reviews “the ecological, economic and environmental necessity of any existing wind energy lease, determine any legal basis for dismissal, and submits recommendations to the president.”
The order will not affect existing leases in the evacuated area, meaning that the allowed items will not be suspended.
In addition to the empire, it also includes the winds of vineyards in coastal coastal winds along the Naltacket coast and Virginia Beach coastal coastal coastal Virginia Beach, both of which are still under construction.
Underwater noise
Write New York PostBonnie Brady, executive director of the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association, explained that Equinor is dumping thousands of tons of rock that protects the device from ocean currents.
Brady explained that this will follow the process by driving 180 feet of single objects to the submarine floor.
“The huge underwater noise and vibration will damage all marine life, especially endangered species such as the North Atlantic right whale,” said Dr. Brady warned.
The commercial fishing industry is also one of the opponents of offshore wind development.
Texas's Public Policy Foundation is suing the Department of the Interior on behalf of six commercial fishing companies that said the vineyard wind would destroy its livelihoods.
Their lawsuit was filed in 2021 in the District of Columbia. Approval of the project violates federal law and ignores multiple legal protections for affected stakeholders, including conducting environmental assessments and allowing timely public comments.
The District Court delayed the Biden administration's interpretation of federal law allowing the project and filed a petition to the Supreme Court.
The petition holds that the ruling is followed Loper Bright v. Raimondowhich overturned the doctrine of “herringbone respect” and stated that lower courts should not postpone federal agencies' interpretation of the law.
Protect our New Jersey coast, green ocean, and save the right whale (some community organizations that oppose offshore wind development), filed a separate “Court Friends” summary to support the fishing company.
The power supply for the Wind Project will be shored at the South Brooklyn Ocean Terminal, as shown above. Images through Empire Style.
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