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Wind turbines proposed near a Japanese American incarceration camp prompt outrage

By Kylie Mohr . 6 December 2021
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With limited options, Maine governor announces site for offshore wind port

While some opposed building on undeveloped land, the state has few deepwater ports and advocates say the need for clean energy is more pressing.

By AnnMarie Hilton . 21 February 2024
Offshore wind

These fishermen made peace with offshore wind. Then Trump came along.

Called “traitors” at the docks, over 100 East Coast fishermen are also working for wind developers. Many voted for a president who wants to tear it all down.

By Clare Fieseler . 30 June 2025
Offshore wind

Halting Revolution Wind could be a disaster for New England’s grid

If Trump kills the now-frozen offshore wind project, utility customers will pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity.

By Jeff St. John . 3 September 2025
Offshore wind

Trump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust, leaving workers to mourn good-paying jobs that may never come back.

By Ajani Stella, Inside Climate News . 11 August 2026
Recycling renewables

A new Energy Department program aims to recycle wind turbine magnets

Wind turbines often contain huge magnets made with valuable elements like neodymium. Scientists are exploring how to get a second life out of them.

By Maddie Stone . 5 March 2024
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Bats and birds to be focus of Minnesota wind farm hearing

A developer's plan for protecting bald eagles and other wildlife around its proposed wind farm in Goodhue County, Minnesota, will be put to the test today before state regulators.
Photo by poecile05 via Creative Commons

23 February 2012
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Draft environmental report for Lake Erie offshore wind project is promising

A draft Department of Energy report shows mainly minor or negligible short-term impacts from a plan to construct and operate six wind turbines approximately eight miles offshore of Cleveland.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 11 September 2017
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Virginia’s first onshore wind farm project is still ‘very much alive’

Rocky Forge Wind wants to be operating in 2020, but first it needs to secure a partner to buy the generation.

By Elizabeth McGowan . 22 January 2019
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N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper proposes offshore wind study in budget

The proposal to legislators asks for $300,000 to study the state’s potential role in the offshore wind industry.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 12 March 2019