BOEM Rescinds Designated Wind Energy Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf
After a tumultuous few years of the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management and offshore wind production steamrolling the seafood industry, the new presidential administration is fast-tracking big changes.
That is, changes meaning a near-grinding halt.
President Trump, on Jan. 20, published a memorandum, Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the OCS from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects. On Wednesday, BOEM announced it is rescinding all designated Wind Energy Areas – or WEAs...
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