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Environmental News For The Week Ending 16 May 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Covid seemed to drop out of the news this week; usually, I'll see virus stories on news sites' "most read" or "recent news" lists; ...

Print this article The Biden administration greenlit the first large-scale offshore wind project this month in a move that could help jumpstart an industry that thus far has been stagnant in the United States. It’s a small first step toward meeting a goal President Joe Biden set in March for the U.S. to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, but the country has a long way to go. Currently, the U.S. only has two small-scale pilot offshore wind projects in operation, one off the coast of Rhode Island and the other off the coast of Virginia, totaling about 42 megawatts of power.

Daily Energy Insider Published on May 12, 2021 by Dave Kovaleski © Shutterstock The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts. This is a major step for the project as it was the final federal regulatory hurdle it had to clear. With the approval, construction on Vineyard Wind 1, an 800-megawatt project, can begin. This will be the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the U.S. “We are very excited and proud to be part of the birth of an incredibly important new industry for the U.S. Offsh...

The U.S. Interior Department Tuesday approved the country's first large-scale offshore wind project, a final hurdle that reverses course from the

President Joe Biden Approves First Offshore Wind Farm In U.S. Launching New Domestic Energy Industry President Joe Biden. Image: Twitter/@POTUS Reuters – The Biden administration on Tuesday said it has approved the nation’s first major offshore wind farm, billing it as the launch of a new domestic energy industry that will help eliminate emissions from the power sector. The announcement fits neatly with U.S. President Joe Biden‘s broader agenda to combat global climate change by decarbonizing the nation’s economy. The move, however, was quickly condemned by the fishing industry which ...