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Published
January 24, 2023

Maine would buy offshore wind power in huge quantities under proposed law

New legislation would require the Public Utilities Commission to procure enough electricity from offshore wind farms to power 980,000 homes.
Published
January 18, 2023

Gulf of Maine swath mulled as potential site for commercial wind turbines

In Portland on Thursday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is scheduled to discuss a proposal that could allow wind-power leases on nearly 10 million acres of offshore waters.
Published
January 3, 2023

U.S. backed offshore wind farm despite own scientists’ warning about cod

The recommendation underscores a potential environmental tradeoff of the coming offshore wind boom along the East Coast.
Published
November 15, 2022

U.S. offshore wind energy industry faces blowback

People in Ocean City, N.J., believe the farms damage the environment and they don't have confidence in what is a brand new industry for the country.
Published
October 26, 2022

Maine regulators approve wind power, transmission project

Maine regulators have approved a pair of energy projects that would generate wind power in Aroostook County.

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Published
October 15, 2022

Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts

While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state's role as a leader in fighting climate change.
Published
August 17, 2022

Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the U.S. West

Golden eagles, with 7-foot wingspans, are doubly vulnerable – to the shifting climate and to the wind energy promoted as a solution to that warming world.
Published
April 6, 2022

Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in U.S., pleads guilty

Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty if they take steps to avoid bird deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
Published
February 17, 2022

Former site of New England’s largest coal plant to become offshore wind hub

An Italian company will make subsea transmission cables at the former Brayton Point plant in Somerset, Massachusetts.
Published
June 24, 2021

New Jersey bill would remove local control of wind power lines

The measure appears to be an effort to head off any local objections to at least 1 wind power project envisioned to come ashore at 2 former power plants, and run cables under 2 of the state’s most popular beaches.