Massive Offshore Wind Boondoggle Dead In Water

June 11, 2025 International, International News, Mid Atlantic, National, New England

A massive offshore wind project set to be built off the New Jersey coast will be abandoned after its developer had a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit pulled in March, according to multiple reports. Atlantic Shores filed to cancel its contract with New Jersey utility regulators to provide electricity to the state on June 4, according to multiple reports. The company cited EPA’s decision to pull its permit and President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking permits for new offshore wind projects as major factors in its decision to walk away from the project, according to E&E News. “This filing marks the closing of a chapter,” Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Chief Executive Officer Joris Veldhoven said Monday,,, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:24

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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