Offshore Wind

The chair of the Sierra Club's Cape and Islands group says support for the wind lawsuit may be broader than it appears — including in some Republican-led states. But if the states win, the Trump administration could find ways to work around it.

Commercial fishing interests sued the federal agencies involved in approving the wind farm, which is under construction 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

Three communities in Massachusetts have a lot to lose if the Trump administration succeeds in halting all offshore wind.

The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association has drawn over $1.1 million from a group connected to Leonard Leo, an influential conservative activist. Now it's setting out to raise money from the coastal communities it says it's helping.

The CEO of SouthCoast Wind, Michael Brown, told CAI the federal review was rigorous. But the Town of Nantucket says feds failed to address threats to its historic district and economy.

CAI has learned that the offshore wind developer Vineyard Offshore is eliminating 50 positions, some of them through layoffs.

On Cape Cod and the South Coast, where offshore wind is becoming part of the local economy, supporters and opponents are talking about what the order will mean.

An executive order President Trump issued on his first day in office pauses all new offshore wind leases and permits. But it doesn't stop projects that are fully permitted, as many in New England are.

Just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited, as one reason, the impact offshore wind may have on marine life. “If you’re into whales,” Trump said, “you don’t want windmills.” Whale experts say the facts show otherwise.

The parties now say they expect to reach an agreement by March 31, more than two months after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to halt offshore wind.