Is Wind Energy Facing Stiff Headwinds?
In the coming years, could wind energy be facing stiff headwinds, solar energy cloudy days, and wave energy turbulent seas? Wind at Their Backs Well, not if you listen to…
A Comprehensive Conference on Offshore Energy Development: Get Current and Get Connected
Those of you now planning your professional development seminars or continuing legal education opportunities for the New Year, consider a comprehensive two day conference to be held in Boston in…
Coastal Permitting and Federal Coastal Zone Management Act Protections for States
I recently had the opportunity to address the fall meeting of the American Bar Association’s Section of State and Local Government Law on a coastal permitting topic that even…
Cape Wind and the Indians: When Everyone Has Rights, No One Has Rights
The Cape Wind project to construct 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound was recently approved by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Salazar over the objections of two Native American…
Cape Wind – Surviving a Dysfunctional Environmental Permitting Process
Whether or not one agrees with Interior Secretary Salazar’s decision this week to remove the last federal regulatory barrier to the permitting of the Cape Wind Project, there should be…