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Cancelling Offshore Wind Leases
On June 3, 2025 Green Oceans released its comprehensive report entitled, Cancelling Offshore Wind Leases (Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Non-Compliance in Offshore Wind Plant Leasing and Permitting Programs). The first-of-its-kind report commissioned by Green Oceans to Planet A* Strategies, analyzes the legal frameworks underlying federal agency decision-making for offshore wind (OSW) development in six offshore wind projects located in the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Wind Energy Areas (RI/MA WEAs), which encompass nearly a million acres of ocean territory on the outer coastal shelf. The report details issues and options for consideration by the U.S. Department of Interior in its “Review of Federal Wind Leasing and Permitting Practices, which is ongoing in response to the Trump Presidential Memorandum of January 20, 2025.
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Wampanoag Chairwoman Speaks Out Against Offshore Wind
This week, the Green Oceans Team had the privilege of speaking with Chairwoman Andrews-Maltais of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head.
Professional Diver takes Us Down Below the Surface
National Geographic Explorer, Michael Lombardi, @oceanopportunity recently provided us with a fish’s-eye view of the Sakonnet River.
Fisheries Liaison Speaks About the Impacts of an Industrialized Ocean
Meghan Lapp speaks out about the potential impacts of an industrialized ocean.
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Cancelling Offshore Wind Leases
On June 3, 2025 Green Oceans released its comprehensive report entitled, Cancelling Offshore Wind Leases (Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Non-Compliance in Offshore Wind Plant Leasing and Permitting Programs). The first-of-its-kind report commissioned by Green Oceans to Planet A* Strategies, analyzes the legal frameworks underlying federal agency decision-making for offshore wind (OSW) development in six offshore wind projects located in the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Wind Energy Areas (RI/MA WEAs), which encompass nearly a million acres of ocean territory on the outer coastal shelf.
An Evening with Robert Bryce
Nuclear Energy, Hydrocarbons, and Alternative Energy sources. Which one of these is truly green, and sustainable? Find out what energy expert Robert Bryce thinks about the subject in this 2 hour presentation hosted by Green Oceans and friends.
Submit your letter to the RI DEM: March 7th Deadline
Last Thursday, February 22nd, offshore wind developer SouthCoast Wind and RI Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM) held a hearing in Portsmouth to solicit comments from the public on a permit application to dredge the Sakonnet River and Mount Hope Bay to install, operate, and maintain two underwater 345,000 high voltage power export cables—each 20.4 miles long.