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Sable shares pop following DOJ opinion

Posted in California, energy policy, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, Regulation, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Big move by SOC following the issuance of the DOJ opinion. Justified optimism or irrational exuberance?

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Federal response to Nantucket group’s Supreme Court petition

Posted in energy policy, Offshore Wind, tagged , , , , on December 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Dept. of Justice (DOJ) has responded (attached) to the ACK for Whales petition (ACK is the FAA abbreviation for Nantucket) to the Supreme Court to review the First Circuit’s ruling on the Vineyard Wind project. (Also see the amicus brief filed by the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head).

The question before the Supreme Court:

Excerpt from the DOJ filing:

The petitioners’ “sole argument” is rather compelling to this non-attorney. Given that multiple offshore wind projects are planned for Right whale habitat, how do you fulfill your endangered species responsibilities by only considering the first project (I.e. Vineyard Wind 1)?

(In light of Vineyard Wind’s performance to date, one could also argue that the Right whale is jeopardized by the Vineyard Wind project alone.)

Keep in mind that the Federal govt wanted to block all oil and gas leasing in a huge swath of the Gulf of Mexico because of far more speculative concerns about potential impacts to Rice’s whales.
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