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From CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Immediate Release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact: Judy Kent, jkent@cfact.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

703-477-7476<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12, Washington D.C. \u2013 The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, along with 10 other \u201cStop Offshore Wind\u201d organizations and over 50 individuals from beach communities, joined forces to send a letter today to Secretary of Interior Douglas Burgum urging him to cease immediately all construction projects that are still slated to proceed ahead, despite President Trump\u2019s executive order halting offshore wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Trump EO pretty much grounded some 22 projects to a standstill,\u201d noted CFACT President Craig Rucker, \u201cbut there are around nine or so sites that are still putting the pedal to the metal trying to get their construction work done before they\u2019re looked at with scrutiny. We need to make sure, for the sake of our environment, that doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump released a moratorium on offshore wind upon taking office on January 20, that \u201ctemporarily prevents consideration of any area in the OCS for any new or renewed wind energy leasing for the purposes of generation of electricity or any other such use, derived from the use of wind.\u201d It also calls on the Department of Interior to \u201cconduct a comprehensive review of the ecological, economic, and environmental necessity of terminating or amending any existing wind energy leases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile this is a great development, and I\u2019m sure the President believed it would stymie ongoing construction, some companies such as Dominion Energy in Virginia are not giving it any respect and keep plowing ahead as though it was never issued. That\u2019s why we need DOI to go further and yank the existing takings permits, called Letters of Authorization (LOAs), to keep them from continuing to \u2018clang and bang\u2019 in our oceans,\u201d notes Rucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint letter, which is attached, was signed by a number of citizens, environmental and national organizations involved in opposition to offshore wind, including the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Defend our Beaches NJ, Heartland Institute, Caesar Rodney Institute, Green Oceans, REACT Alliance, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full letter to Secretary Burgum here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n