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The Man Who Broke Offshore Wind

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read ​“I ♥ Fossil Fuels.”  “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the […]

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In New Jersey, Offshore Wind Notches a Win—and Dodges a Bullet

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the governor’s race in New Jersey on Tuesday, running on a platform of keeping electricity prices down. Environmental groups see Sherrill’s election as a triumph for the Garden State’s struggling offshore wind sector. Sherrill, a four-term Democrat […]

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Halloween Shocker: Trump Axes Work to Learn Whether Offshore Wind Farms Harm Bats

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s a known problem that onshore wind turbines kill bats. But it’s unclear whether the same issue applies to offshore wind installations—and the Trump administration just canceled groundbreaking research into the question. Earlier this month, the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) […]

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Halloween Shocker: Trump Axes Work to Learn Whether Offshore Wind Farms Harm Bats

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s a known problem that onshore wind turbines kill bats. But it’s unclear whether the same issue applies to offshore wind installations—and the Trump administration just canceled groundbreaking research into the question. Earlier this month, the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) […]

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Trump Claimed ​Wind Farms Kill Whales—and Then Quietly Axed Research Into the Issue

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration has repeatedly blamed offshore wind farms for whale deaths, contrary to scientific evidence. Now the administration is quietly abandoning key research programs meant to protect marine mammals living in an increasingly busy ocean. The New England Aquarium […]

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Trump’s Energy Policies Are Laughable. This Samuel L. Jackson Ad Proves It.

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Standing alone on a rocky coastline wearing a seaman-style knit hat, Samuel L. Jackson reaches into a snack bag and gazes intensely through binoculars. Wind turbines spin ominously on a watery horizon. “Motherfucking wind farms. Loud, ugly, harmful to nature,” the ​Pulp Fiction actor says. […]

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These New England Fishermen Made Peace With Offshore Wind. Trump Wants to End It.

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This story was produced by the independent, nonprofit newsroom Canary Media and co-published by Mother Jones. Gary Yerman, 75, sat nervously in a noisy ballroom in Virginia Beach, Virginia, counting down the minutes until he could shed his ill-fitting double-breasted suit for a sun shirt and blue jeans. He introduced himself as a fisherman of […]

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