Eight Attorneys General have filed a notice of intent that they will challenge two unlawful payoffs from the Trump administration to energy companies. In these settlements, the administration paid energy companies nearly $2 billion in exchange for the companies to abandon offshore wind projects and double down on fossil fuels. … [continued]
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there. This is the Seagreen wind farm in Scotland, courtesy of TotalEnergies.
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
"Heavy snow falls on a docked commercial fishing boat in the small New England town of Westport, Massachusetts." by Jeff Golenski is marked with CC0 1.0.
For decades, fishing studies typically employed one-on-one mapping exercises, guided by a facilitator who helped fishing industry participants to draw polygons or mark points on a digital or a paper map of an area of interest. Such ocean mapping has a strong temporal component, as it is intended to gather … [continued]
LinkedIn might not seem like the most obvious website for sharing about new EV chargers, but that is exactly what Love’s Travel Stops did recently. Love’s just launched its three first EV charging stations in Texas at: Natalia, Encinal, and Three Rivers. Each site has four chargers with NACS and … [continued]
Balcony solar kits can be placed anywhere sunlight is available, feeding clean electricity directly into household wiring while reducing monthly utility bills (cropped, courtesy of EcoFlow).
Balcony solar kits can be placed anywhere sun is available, feeding clean electricity directly into household wiring while reducing monthly utility bills.
We seem to be in a period of questionable energy practices here in the US with the continued usage of old and aging coal power plants, despite the fact that overreliance on coal is bad for climate change and coal combustion generates toxic air pollution that harms people. One alternative … [continued]
Latest Cohort Is Program’s Biggest Yet, With Broad Geographic Representation By Justin Daugherty, NLR Remote and island communities face unique energy challenges—but these challenges also present unique opportunities to increase energy affordability, reliability, and security. In their efforts to address their energy challenges, 38 coastal, remote, and island communities will … [continued]
The floating offshore wind industry is poised for growth with advancing technologies and expanding commercial projects. Due to the Trump administration’s rejection of renewable energy, however, offshore wind proposals in the US seem on first glance to be fraught with uncertainty. Maine’s offshore wind industry is moving along nicely, though, … [continued]
When the sun rises on America each day, it hits Eastport, Maine — the easternmost point of the continental US — first. Eastport is a small community of 1300 hardy people who live on an island on the edge of the Bay of Fundy. If you are looking to be … [continued]
The US offshore wind energy industry has survived, and thrived, despite attempts by former President Trump and others to blow it off.
