Massachusetts Residents Ask Supreme Court to Review Offshore Wind Project

The turbines in the country’s first utility-scale offshore wind project, 15 miles from Martha’s Vineyard, are three times the height of the Statue of Liberty.
Massachusetts Residents Ask Supreme Court to Review Offshore Wind Project
Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm near Block Island, R.I., on July 7, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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Residents of Nantucket, Massachusetts, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s rejection of their challenge to federal approval of offshore wind turbines.

The residents argue that a wind farm in the Cape Cod community is placing at risk an endangered species of whale and that federal agencies failed to follow the law when assessing the environmental impact of the project. They also say the turbines are damaging the local environment.