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Since Rhode Island calls itself the Ocean State and hypes its beaches, it stands to reason its elected officials, business owners, residents, and visitors are concerned about the health of the planet’s marine waters, especially those that lap the local coastline and play host to squid and quahogs.
Many parks in the ocean meant to safeguard marine ecosystems from fishing and other threats allow bottom trawling.
BOSTON (AP) — The developers of an offshore wind farm and three environmental organizations announced Monday that they have reached an agreement to further protect rare North Atlantic right whales during construction and operation of the energy-generating project.
The agreement involving Orsted and Eversource — developers of South Fork Wind off the coast of New England and New York — was signed by the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Conservation Law Foundation, the groups said in a joint statement.
We also must face the reality that interventions cannot be a long-term solution everywhere and, in some cases, efforts must turn to managed retreat.