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The group filed the lawsuit on behalf of fishing companies in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. They include the 49 members of Northeast Fishery Sector 13, plus four other fishing businesses and the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association.

In a milestone for renewable energy in the United States, Vineyard Wind supporters filled a big white tent Thursday at Covell’s Beach in Centerville for a ceremonial groundbreaking for America’s first large offshore farm.

Annie Hawkins, executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, says fishermen spent years going to meetings about Vineyard Wind, only to have their concerns largely ignored.

Beachgoers had a chance to ask questions of Vineyard Wind on Wednesday at Covell’s Beach in Barnstable — the beach where the company plans to bring electrical cables ashore from its first offshore wind farm.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the company an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA), effectively allowing for unintentional harm to marine mammals during the construction period from May 2023 through April 2024.

In a day long-awaited by clean energy advocates, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it has approved construction and operation of Vineyard Wind 1, the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project. It will be built about 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and it is expected to be the first of many coming to the East Coast.

The wind farm proposed for south of Martha's Vineyard appears back on track with its federal permitting process.The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management…

Less than a week after the inauguration, Vineyard Wind is asking the federal government to resume the permitting process for its offshore wind farm 15…

Vineyard Wind has temporarily withdrawn its construction and operations plan from federal review. The delay likely means the Biden administration, not the…

A series of five virtual meetings will give the public a chance to comment on the federal government’s latest evaluation of Vineyard Wind. The meetings…