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(UPDATE) 'It's beyond frustrating': Yurok VP calls out interim winners of offshore wind power bid for failing to engage with tribe ahead of this week's auction

(UPDATE) ‘It’s beyond frustrating’: Yurok VP calls out interim winners of offshore wind power bid for failing to engage with tribe ahead of this week’s auction

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UPDATE 2:50 p.m.: One of the successful bidders, RWE Offshore Wind Holdings, LLC, sent the following response to Outpost request for additional comment: “RWE is committed to thoughtfully engaging tribes and tribal fisheries throughout all stages of project development,” Dominik Schwegmann, US West Offshore Development Manager for RWE, wrote in an email. Outpost. “Before the …

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Sale revives floating offshore wind power in US waters

Sale revives floating offshore wind power in US waters

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale, floating wind farms in deep waters off the West Coast. The live online auction for the five leases – three off California’s central coast and two off its northern coast – has generated strong interest, and 43 companies from around …

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Sale revives floating offshore wind power in US waters

Sale revives floating offshore wind power in US waters

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale, floating wind farms in deep waters off the West Coast. The live online auction for the five leases – three off California’s central coast and two off its northern coast – has generated strong interest, and 43 companies from around the …

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Why Wind Power Is Not Living Up To Its Pollution Prevention Potential

Why Wind Power Is Not Living Up To Its Pollution Prevention Potential

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Wind power doesn’t clean up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows. The wind energy boom in the United States has already generated billions of dollars in health benefits. But the majority of that hasn’t trickled down to the communities that have historically been burdened …

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