Coastal county and groups sue to overturn federal approval of New Jersey's 1st offshore wind farm – Winnipeg Free Press
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OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The government of New Jersey's southernmost county has joined with environmental and fishing industry groups in suing the federal government in a bid to overturn its approval of the state's first offshore wind energy farm.
"As we’ve said many times, we spent the better part of two years trying to negotiate with Orsted to redesign this project in a way that would cause less damage to the environment and less damage to our tourism and fisheries interests," said Cape May County Board of Commissioners Director Len Desiderio. "Our reasonable proposals fell on deaf ears as state and federal regulators rubber-stamped permits to rush the Ocean Wind 1 project to approval."
The government of New Jersey’s southernmost county has joined with environmental and fishing industry groups in suing the federal government in a bid to…
At the same time, an ocean advocacy group is calling on leaders in New Jersey to quit green-lighting any offshore wind development for the future.