The Maine Legislature reached a compromise on offshore wind legislation in June, supporting amendments that give Maine fishermen membership in a newly created Offshore Wind Research Consortium and permanently ban commercial wind development in state … Continue reading
On May 11, the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) within the Department of Interior released its final record of decision permitting construction and operation of Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind farm located in federal … Continue reading
Despite the fact that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its final record of decision in early May permitting the 800-megawatt (MW) Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm in waters southeast of Martha’s Vineyard, … Continue reading
The Maine lobster industry finally has something to feel good about. On April 28, hundreds of fishermen, families and business people joined together outside of the Augusta Civic Center to oppose offshore wind development. The … Continue reading
You hear it often among fishermen on Maine’s commercial wharves: “Livin’ the life.” It’s the all-encompassing laconic answer to everything from “How are you?” to “How’d you do yesterday?” Right now Maine lobstermen are living … Continue reading
A crowd of nearly 500 lobstermen, fishing families, business people, and other supporters gathered outside the Augusta Civic Center on April 28 to oppose the industrialization of the Gulf of Maine with massive offshore wind … Continue reading
The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) held two outreach meetings online in March to address fisheries and wildlife concerns related to the Governor’s proposal for an offshore wind research array in federal waters off southern and … Continue reading
On March 8 the Department of Interior approved the final environmental review of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project. The project, which has been in development in various forms for nearly two decades, will … Continue reading
In response to concerns about wind development in the Gulf of Maine from Maine’s fishing industry expressed in a January 7 letter, Governor Janet Mills responded in a letter to the industry, which follows below.January … Continue reading
Due to the speed with which the state of Maine was pushing an application to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for an offshore lease in order to construct a wind energy research array in … Continue reading
