New England

Right to Build Offshore Wind Power Upheld by US Judge for 5th Time Since Attempted White House Ban

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Right to Build Offshore Wind Power Upheld by US Judge for 5th Time Since Attempted White House Ban

Revolution Wind under construction – credit Wosketomp, CC BY-SA 4.0 A district court judge struck down the stop-work order on the Sunrise Wind project, marking the fifth time courts have overturned the Department of Interior’s order halting work on 5 offshore wind projects under construction along America’s eastern seaboard. Sunrise Wind now joins Coastal Virginia … Read more

Scientists Hail Record Number of Sightings in January as Auspicious for Endangered Right Whales

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Scientists Hail Record Number of Sightings in January as Auspicious for Endangered Right Whales

– credit, CCS / Photo taken under NOAA permit 25740-02 As the Critically-Endangered North Atlantic right whale continues its long, slow journey back from the brink of extinction, there have been many joyful milestones worth celebrating. With the year still so young, there’s already been another: a record-number of sightings taken by a single aerial … Read more