Next week, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will auction off 488,201 acres in the New York Bight, an area that encompasses two offshore wind leases about 50 nautical miles from the shores of Long Beach Island. As Feb. 23 draws near, LBI opposition grows stronger as officials throw their support behind a lawsuit challenging whether the agency complied with two federal environmental acts during its selection process for turbine placement.
“I stand in strong support of the Long Beach Island lawsuit that will force the reevaluation of proposed offshore wind…
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