A Texas-based group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court ruling allowing a large offshore wind energy project.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a petition for a writ of certiorari March 4 with the Supreme Court on behalf of local fishermen whose livelihoods have been severely impacted by the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy project, located off the coast of Massachusetts.
“The Biden Administration’s Departments of the Interior, Commerce and Defense knew that the Vineyard Wind 1 project would result in momentous adverse impacts to safety, the environment, endangered species and national security, but permitted it anyway, thereby violating the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the National Environmental Policy Act,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, senior TPPF attorney and lead counsel in the case. “This is a stark example of federal administrative agencies shirking their responsibilities to follow the law. When that happens, we are here to hold their feet to the fire.”