POLITICO: Biden Administration Gives Major Push to Giant Offshore Wind Farm

The Interior Department said on Monday it had completed its environmental review for a massive wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, a key step toward final approval of the long-stalled project that will play a prominent role in President Joe Biden’s effort to expand renewable energy in the U.S.

The completion of the review is a breakthrough for the U.S. offshore wind industry, which has lagged behind its European counterparts and the U.S. onshore industry that has grown rapidly, even during the pandemic. It also marks a key acceleration for the Biden administration that has advocated renewables growth on public lands and waters.

In a statement last week, a fishing industry advocacy group, the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, said it would appear “fishing communities are the only ones screaming into a void while public resources are sold to the highest bidder.”