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CHOPPY WATERS: As the Biden administration prepares to hold its first offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow, it will do so in a region that is much more challenging for development than the Northeast, where much of the nation’s offshore wind is consolidated — and where any would-be projects will likely face a bevy of insurance, installation, and environmental hurdles before coming online.
Such concerns aren’t limited to the Gulf: Last year, offshore wind developer Orsted asked authorities to suspend vessel traffic off the coast of Denmark and a handful of other areas after the blades from one of its wind turbines fell into the sea. Some companies have started work to develop environmentally resilient turbines. The New Orleans-based company Gulf Wind Technology, for example, recently teamed up with Shell to begin developing turbines that can withstand high-speed winds and other weather patterns unique to the region.
DeSantis warned residents today to expect power outages when Idalia makes landfall and has already mobilized some 1,110 National Guard members to assist with aerial and water rescues as needed. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child revised the treaty to define environmental degradation, including the climate crisis, as a “form of structural violence against children.” It asserted that states should provide access to justice for children, including by “removing barriers for children to initiate proceedings themselves.”
The conservation request comes as the organization’s fourth since Thursday, issuing notices for the entire weekend. For all of the notices that were issued, the organization clarified that it was not experiencing emergency conditions but that current forecasts were showing it could enter emergency operations.
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