I woke up to what seemed like a cryptic Xweet from Protect Our Coast NJ this morning.
It was pretty hard to believe what I was reading was actually what the words were saying.
…There was a shocking announcement last night that the federal government reversed course on the Empire Wind Project. We were as stunned to see this news as anyone. We believe that offshore wind anywhere is a terrible idea. And this project off New York and New Jersey lies in an especially important area—from a national security, environmental and economic perspective.
We supported the President’s policy against offshore wind development. And we celebrated Secretary Bergum’s decision to stop the Empire Wind project a few weeks ago. At the time, he said Equinor ‘rushed through by the prior administration without sufficient analysis or consultation among the relevant…