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How an offshore wind boom in the US could boost ocean research NOAA plans to partner with offshore wind developers Share this story Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The US wants to use offshore wind farms to collect valuable data on climate change and ocean health. Renewable energy giant Ørsted recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), agreeing to help the agency gather data in US waters leased to the company . NOAA says the agreement “paves the way for similar data-sharing agreements with other devel...

The outgoing Trump administration has granted a full pardon to Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving vehicle division, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets last year.