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
The newest hurdle for offshore wind: Trump’s EPA
The agency, led by Trump loyalist Lee Zeldin, just revoked one offshore wind farm’s permit. Now anti-wind groups are trying to leverage a Republican-run EPA.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Can offshore wind help some fish? Research increasingly says yes.
First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from haddock to lobster.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Trump fires NOAA scientists helping whales and offshore wind coexist
Scores of employees working to ensure offshore wind has a low impact on whales, birds, and other wildlife were cut in a major round of layoffs at the agency.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
GOP think tank that tried to stop VA offshore wind now says ‘go ahead’
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy said canceling America’s biggest offshore wind project under construction, off the Virginia coast, no longer makes economic sense.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
NJ has given up on offshore wind for now. Who’s to blame?
Trump’s executive order helped grind New Jersey’s efforts to a halt, but rising costs, a lame-duck governor, and a congressman’s vendetta may have sealed the deal.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts
Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data.By Clare Fieseler .
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Offshore wind
'Scare tactics' and uncertainty: What Trump’s offshore wind order means
Trump pressed the pause button on offshore wind. Projects that have secured their permits may be unscathed, but those in earlier stages face a tough road.By Clare Fieseler .
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