Sufficiently gassed, Trump nixes Empire Wind shutdown
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s safe to go back in the water. Marking a widely cheered – and sadly predictable – reversal, the Trump Administration has lifted a stop-work order…
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Winds of war: Albany to battle Empire Wind shutdown
By GREGORY ZELLER // President Donald Trump’s war on alternative energy has reached Long Island’s shores – and Albany is preparing a counterattack. Suggesting in a social media post that…
For Equinor and Empire Wind, another key approval
By GREGORY ZELLER // An ambitious offshore wind farm in New York State waters has cleared another important federal hurdle. Empire Wind 1, an 810-megawatt wind farm rising 15 miles…
BOEM shares draft review as Empire Wind whips up
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a crucial public-comment period looming, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is spilling the beans on a major offshore-wind proposal for New York waters. The…
LI ceremony kicks off state’s first offshore-wind farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of the national energy industry is now rising off the Long Island coast. Construction of the South Fork Wind Farm – officially, New York’s…
With billions blowing around, Albany inks wind deals
By GREGORY ZELLER // For the second time in one week, New York has surged toward its offshore-wind destiny – this time, finalizing megawatt power contracts with billion-dollar implications. A…
Auction sets New York Bight’s offshore-wind course
By GREGORY ZELLER // Get your bids ready – the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has scheduled a Feb. 23 “wind auction” to divvy up 480,000 watery acres off…
No. 601: Hawaiian punch, German cake and royal frankfurters, as social scales tip slowly toward balance
Sea-ing is believing: Believe it, dear readers – the weekend is almost here! Yes, it’s Friday on Long Island and around the world, and that isn’t just any well-earned…
We’ll always have Paris: Biden re-ups, activists rejoice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional environmental activists are over the moon about President Joseph Biden’s swift action rejoining the Paris Agreement. Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Albany-based Alliance for…
New York delegation: End offshore-wind delays now
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island political, environmental and labor leaders are calling on Washington to quit stalling and finally designate a final Wind Energy Area in New York waters….
Ominous winds blow, but offshore efforts hold steady
By GREGORY ZELLER // President Trump is tapping the breaks on offshore-wind development, but the burgeoning billion-dollar industry is still poised to reset environmental and economic barometers. That’s the word…