Former Marine Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty in the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York subway. Video shows him putting the homeless man, who was acting erratically, in a chokehold. Offshore wind farms could negatively affect American military operations along the coasts. Some lawmakers are calling for investigation. Former President Donald Trump…

Former Marine Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty in the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York subway train. Video footage shows him putting the homeless man, who was acting erratically, in a chokehold. Offshore wind farms could negatively affect American military operations along the coasts. Some lawmakers are calling for an investigation. Former…

A new study by German scientists has found that populations of a group of aquatic birds known as red-throated loons or “divers” have declined by more than 90 percent in the North Sea after offshore wind farms were built there. The findings of the study, titled “Large-scale effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds of high conservation concern,” were…

Two New Jersey state lawmakers want work on offshore wind projects to stop until it can be determined why marine mammals are showing up dead on their state’s beaches. “We’re not going to fix blame on any one activity. But clearly, something is out of the norm,” New Jersey State Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger told The…

SWAN’S ISLAND, Maine—For more than 200 years, the Joyce family has weathered storms, the troughs and crests of the economy, and the inherent danger of working on the ocean to draw its living from the sea. They wouldn’t have it any other way. “I’ve always been immersed in this,” eighth-generation lobsterman Jason Joyce told The…

Three Republican congressmen and more than a dozen mayors whose coastal districts are near offshore wind energy sites are calling on the Biden administration to suspend offshore wind projects until a thorough investigation into a recent spate of whale deaths rules them out as the cause. Since Dec. 1, 2022, at least 23 whales have…

Rep Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) is demanding an end to offshore wind activity in New Jersey after an “unprecedented” number of whales washed ashore in the area over the past month, and despite such projects being pushed forward by President Biden and NJ Governor Phil Murphy. Offshore wind projects (turbines placed in the ocean that…

The U.S. government held its first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy development rights off the coast of California Dec. 7, drawing more than $757 million in high bids from five companies. In all, 43 companies bid for the chance to build massive floating wind turbines in two regions: Morro Bay in central California and Humboldt…