Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al v. US Dep't of the Interior, et al
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23-1853
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July 25, 2024
1st Circ. Leery Of Fishing Industry Challenge To Wind Farm
A First Circuit panel on Thursday appeared unlikely to disturb a district court's rulings affirming a series of approvals for a massive wind farm off the coast of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, questioning procedural claims by fishing industry groups and whether they have standing to sue.
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February 23, 2024
1st Circ. Told Wind Farm's Approval Should've Been A Breeze
A wind farm developer has asked the First Circuit to reject fishing groups' challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's approval of a proposed project off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, saying the effort to sink the plan can't survive because the agency did things by the book.
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February 16, 2024
Feds Tell 1st Circ. Mass. Wind Farm Approval Was Sound
The federal government has said a Massachusetts federal judge properly dumped a challenge lodged by commercial fishing groups seeking to upend federal approvals of the Vineyard Wind project, telling the First Circuit that the record shows federal agencies thoroughly studied the project's potential impacts.
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December 12, 2023
Fishing Groups Seek 1st Circ.'s Take On Vineyard Wind Farm
Commercial fishing groups are asking the First Circuit to undo a Massachusetts federal judge's ruling nixing their challenge of U.S. Department of the Interior approvals for the Vineyard Wind 1 project, and to block development of the offshore wind farm before it causes more harm to their livelihoods and the environment.