October 01, 2018
A D.C. federal court agreed with Statoil Wind US and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that a challenge by seafood industry groups and others to a $42.5 million lease awarded to the company for a wind farm off the coast of New York was brought too soon.
October 25, 2017
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Tuesday told a D.C. federal judge that seafood industry groups, companies and several towns can't seek to block a $42.5 million lease awarded to Statoil Wind for a wind farm off the coast of New York because the company hasn't even proposed a project yet.
September 13, 2017
Seafood industry groups, companies and several towns asked a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to block a $42.5 million lease awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to Statoil Wind for a wind farm off the coast of New York.
February 16, 2017
A D.C. federal court on Wednesday refused to block a $43 million wind energy lease for an area off the coast of New York, deciding the deal would not cause sufficient harm to a coalition of fishing groups and municipalities that argues the project poses a grave economic threat.
January 10, 2017
A coalition of fishing groups and municipalities suing to block the issuance of a $43 million wind energy lease off the coast of New York have no grounds for their environmental claims, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management told a D.C. federal court on Monday, urging the court not to block the agency from finalizing the sale to a unit of Statoil ASA.
December 09, 2016
A coalition of fishing interests on Thursday asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to halt a proposed lease sale for the potential development of a major wind farm off the coast of Long Island, New York, arguing that the process ignored major environmental concerns and would remove key areas from commercial fishing activity.