Clare Fieseler is a reporter at Canary Media covering offshore wind. After a decade working as an ocean scientist, Clare discovered journalism in 2019 through a reporting fellowship at The Washington Post. Since then, she’s covered clean energy for Politico and climate change for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2024, she won the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications, the largest prize in science journalism. She received a PhD in ecology from UNC Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University.
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Offshore wind
America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.By Clare Fieseler .
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Culture
Can climate comedy still work? This offshore wind ad suggests it can.
The satirical video starring Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at offshore wind disinformation right as the Trump administration is targeting both comedy and clean energy.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Revolution Wind’s stop-work order has been lifted. What happens next?
When it comes to blocking offshore wind projects, the Trump administration’s current legal strategy may be undermining its chance of success.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Trump admin tries to sink Maryland’s first offshore wind project
The permitted project already faced financial strain from the GOP’s early end to tax credits. Now Interior wants a judge to cancel the wind farm’s approvals.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
‘Bizarre’ and ‘unlawful’: States and Ørsted challenge Revolution Wind freeze
Trump halted the huge, nearly complete offshore wind project two weeks ago. Rhode Island, Connecticut, and its developer want courts to block that decision.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital income.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Trump admin halts construction of nearly finished offshore wind farm
Ørsted's Revolution Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is hit with a stop-work order over vague "national security" concerns.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
‘Come to America and lose $1B’: Trump drives more offshore wind pain
Ørsted is seeking $9.4B to finish two U.S. projects, the latest in a spate of setbacks for foreign firms invested heavily in the struggling sector.By Clare Fieseler .
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Clean energy supply chain
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe: China.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Offshore wind leasing is officially dead under Trump
Over 3.5 million acres of federal waters are no longer eligible for offshore wind development following an order from the Interior Department.By Clare Fieseler .
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