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DOI Proposes First Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Gulf

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Mar 1, 2023 EHS Administration

Updated: Mar 1, 2023

On February 22, 2023, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the first proposed offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. “The announcement is part of the Administration’s latest actions to expand offshore wind opportunities to more regions of the country, building on investments in the President’s Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure […]

More Delay for the Cape Wind Project

By Clare Condon Jul 25, 2016 Energy

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

The Cape Wind Project (Project), now midway through its second decade of planning without a single turbine standing, encountered another hurdle when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a multipart decision that agreed with two out of three claims environmental groups have made against the Project. Importantly, the court said the […]