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CAI Awards Submission — Continuing Coverage 2025

CAI Awards Submission — Continuing Coverage 2025

Offshore Wind
Our coverage of offshore wind has documented the monumental shift in U.S. policy toward the industry this year. For our region, the implications are both national and very local. This 15-minute audio track is a compilation of the 12 stories linked below.
A wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
Local News
New wind contracts to be signed in Massachusetts, even as Trump vows to stop offshore wind
Jennette Barnes
A specialized "jack up" barge at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Raquel C Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative)
Local News
Two Mass. offshore wind projects postpone contracts until after Trump takes office
Jennette Barnes
Pieces of offshore wind towers can be seen at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, left, just south of where the fishing fleet docks in New Bedford Harbor.
Local News
'Relief' for some, 'dark moment' for others: Communities react to Trump's offshore wind order
Jennette Barnes
Andrew Saunders, president of the Foss Marine Terminal in New Bedford, walks the property with Alicia Barton, CEO of Vineyard Offshore, who was visiting for the first time. Vineyard Offshore plans to base operations and maintenance for Vineyard Wind 2 at the terminal.
Local News
Vineyard Offshore cuts 50 jobs
Jennette Barnes
Wind turbine debris on Nobadeer Beach on Nantucket.
Local News
SouthCoast Wind responds to Nantucket litigation against wind farm's federal approval
Jennette Barnes
Vineyard Wind is under construction off the coast of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, September 16, 2024.
Local News
Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to Vineyard Wind
Jennette Barnes
A wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
Local News
States sue Trump over wind order. Here's what could happen next
Jennette Barnes
A specialized "jack up" barge at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Raquel C Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative)
Local News
Offshore wind contract deadline is Monday, but will anyone sign?
Jennette Barnes
Dolphins swim among the Vineyard Wind 1 turbines, July 23, 2025.
Local News
Are 17 turbines really running at Vineyard Wind? Here's what we saw by boat
Jennette Barnes
A wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
Local News
Trump administration cuts hit three local research projects on offshore wind and wave energy
Jennette Barnes
Workers watch as an offshore wind turbine blade is stacked on top of another at Vineyard Wind on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass.
Local News
Federal judge rules Trump's blocking of wind energy unlawful
Jennette Barnes
A turbine stands under the sun at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, July 23, 2025.
Local News
Trump suspends 5 offshore wind projects, including Vineyard Wind
Jennette Barnes