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LSU Eunice baseball coach Jeff Willis (right) earned his 900th career win as the skipper of the Bengals on Wednesday night. LSUE will play Western Oklahoma in a three-game series for the NJCAA Division II World Series title this weekend. -- Photo courtesy of LSUE Athletics ENID, Oklahoma – The L ...
Offshore wind farm gets approval from coastal regulators PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island coastal regulators have given a proposed wind farm off the state's coast critical approval over the objections of the fishing industry and some environmentalists. Popular Searches The vote Wednesday by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council in favor of the South Fork Wind Farm moves the project one step closer to reality. Fishermen objected, arguing that a compensation package agreed to with developers Orsted and Eversource will not adequately compensate them for the loss of fishing ...
PROVIDENCE — State coastal regulators approved a vital certification for the South Fork Wind Farm on Wednesday, a decision that pushes the second major offshore wind project proposed in the United States one step closer to reality. The vote by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council in favor of the wind farm was made over the objections of fishermen, who argued
Email* Submit PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island coastal regulators have given a proposed wind farm off the state's coast critical approval over the objections of the fishing industry and some environmentalists. The vote Wednesday by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council in favor of the South Fork Wind Farm moves the project one step closer to reality. Fishermen objected, arguing that a compensation package agreed to with developers Orsted and Eversource will not adequately compensate them for the loss of fishing grounds, The Providence Journal reported. The...
PROVIDENCE -- Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is urging the Rhode Island Supreme Court to reject a settlement approved by state coastal regulators that allows for the expansion of a marina on Block Island that has been the subject of heated dispute for nearly two decades. In a motion that excoriates the state Coastal Resources Management Council, Neronha’s office argues that the memorandum of understanding agreed to by the council and the owner of Champlin’s Marina behind closed doors and without public review is invalid. “Given the long and complicated history associated with the C...