The Energy Law Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Last week, the Louisiana Governor’s Office hosted Louisiana Wind Week 2021 to assess Louisiana’s future in offshore wind energy development. Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Last week, the Louisiana Governor’s Office hosted Louisiana Wind Week 2021 to assess Louisiana’s future in offshore wind energy development. Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The book explores this across a series of themes, such as oceans, forests, cities, industry and food. People and community will be just as important in addressing climate change as technologies such as wind power or electric cars but are rarely discussed in that way. Regeneration creates, builds, and heals.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The post Wind-powered Cargo Vessel Holds Hope for a Greener Future appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The development of offshore wind energy would aid in meeting the State’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. from the Plan focuses on prioritizing offshore wind strategic planning for outreach, workforce, and impact assessments in order to reach an offshore wind power generation goal of 5 gigawatts by 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. Clean energy sources like wind power and solar photovoltaic power are fueled at no cost by the wind and the sun, and don’t need to be sited near water sources.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The UK is going full throttle on the fast-emerging floating offshore wind technology with projects lined up on both sides of the British Isles; the North Sea , the Celtic Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Learn more about how the ocean can help us tackle climate change here.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 30, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Thursday finalized their strategy on the protection of endangered North Atlantic right whales in the offshore wind power development process. Read the full story at The Hill.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035. Offshore wind power has no fuel costs, so power costs are more stable and predictable over time than fossil fuel-fired power. Pass this bill!

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2020

On Monday, July 27, the Sabin Center filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in support of the proposed Vineyard Wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts on behalf of the group Win with South Fork Wind (“Win with Wind”).

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 24, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. This February, an extreme freeze in Texas left millions without power, took over 200 lives and caused dead fish to wash up along Texas shorelines. That’s not helping our ocean or Americans. Offshore wind power is a key ocean-based climate solution that we need to invest in.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2022

On May 31, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for a pair of renewable energy lease sales offshore California.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2023

As people around the world grapple with climate change, scientists and engineers are exploring new and exciting ocean-based solutions to generate renewable energy. Tidal energy is emerging as another clean energy source alongside offshore wind farms and wave energy technology. The ocean and gravity never stop. Consistency.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 18, 2023

This week, the Sabin Center submitted comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Empire Offshore Wind. The submarine export cable for EW1 would make landfall in Brooklyn, while the cable for EW2 would make landfall in Nassau County.

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Acoel

JULY 30, 2021

Like Dangerfield, advocates for the clean energy technology known as offshore wind power (OSW) have confronted a regulatory field of danger from hesitant environmental and utility regulators, legislators, beachfront home owners, and a most difficult set of critics—fishermen. based) companies.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

These early thinkers were Thales (5) who created natural philosophy and theorized that seismological events such as earthquakes had a natural cause (correct) but assumed (wrongly) that landmasses were giant rafts that reacted to ocean ripples which caused the quakes. He was wrong about this too but Anaximander had another idea.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Deserts are also useful sources of wind power. There are always desert winds, but at certain times of the year wind is much higher which can also generate energy (34). The Indian Ocean is a hotbed of rainwater during monsoon season but the Gobi sees none of it. Leisure and Tourism.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fossil fuel extraction not only ignites climate change, but degrades land and wildlife ecosystems, pollutes waterways, acidifies the oceans, exacerbates natural disasters, expropriates Indigenous land , and leads to devastating chronic health impacts for fossil fuel industry workers and adjacent communities. Click to learn more!

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

28, organized by Open Communications for the Ocean, will address how to conduct marine science that impacts policy. BOEM – Commerical Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Morro Bay, California, East and West Extensions-Call for Information and Nominations. 13, 2021.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity Filed Lawsuit Seeking Records on Termination of National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable. Saline reservoirs also are found under the Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean. Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The bill includes $9.63 billion for NSF, a 13% increase over last fiscal year.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Rick Perry blames ocean for climate change: Energy secretary once again denies scientific consensus. Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. Energy Secretary Rick Perry Makes Massive Mistake During Visit To Coal Power Plant. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.20.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Top Priorities : Coastal resiliency; healthy oceans investments; modernizing the National Weather Service. Allocation : $83 billion.

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