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.