Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Offshore Wind Turbines in Cape Cod

The ruling was made after a federal agency ruled the project would not harm the North Atlantic right whale, an endangered species.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court declined a request from Massachusetts residents to review a lower court’s rejection of their challenge to federal approval of offshore wind turbines that generate electricity.

The decision to deny the petition in Nantucket Residents Against Turbines v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management came in an unsigned order on Jan. 13. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision.