The timing couldn’t have been worse for Vineyard Wind, the New England offshore energy project that the Biden-Harris “Green New Deal” depends upon. Last week, a Boston appellate court heard arguments on the Seafreeze lawsuit, seeking to unwind the federal approval and remove the wind turbines already in place. The fishing families bringing suit had fair winds and favorable seas in the Boston court appearance.
This comes after a stormy season for the Vineyard Wind project. About two weeks ago, a massive GE turbine experienced a “blade failure” that sent fiberglass shards and debris into the waters off Martha’s Vineyard and forced the closure of six Nantucket beaches.
Quoted in the New Bedford Light, former fisherman Jerry Leeman said he and others have been warning about the dangers of these offshore wind farms for years.
“The Vineyard Wind windmills are taller than the Eiffel Tower. Their blades are longer than a football field,” said Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association. “When they fall, they endanger vessels and degrade the environment. We must stop the industrialization of our oceans to protect mariners and marine life.”
During Thursday’s argument, attorneys with the Texas Public Policy Foundation argued on behalf of the Seafreeze coalition, representing other fishing families in the region — and by extension, all of the hardworking Americans who make their living from our national waters.
The three-judge panel, appointed by President Joe Biden, seemed skeptical of the trial court’s determination that the fisherman coalition lacked an injury sufficient to sue. As Judge Seth
