Federal Government Hit With Lawsuit Over Offshore Wind Plans

A lawsuit contends that a large proposed wind farm would cause significant damage.
Federal Government Hit With Lawsuit Over Offshore Wind Plans
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers remarks at an event commemorating the delivery of the Red Road Totem Pole to the Biden administration, in Washington on July 29, 2021. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Native Organizers Alliance
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Several plaintiffs led by officials in Cape May County, New Jersey, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over development of a large offshore wind farm near the county’s coastline.

“As we’ve said many times, we spent the better part of two years trying to negotiate with Orsted to redesign this project in a way that would cause less damage to the environment and less damage to our tourism and fisheries interests,” Cape May County Board of Commissioners Director Len Desiderio said in a statement in announcing the lawsuit against several federal agencies.

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