The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a coalition of fishing groups and communities, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on March 5 to hear their challenge against federal permits for the Vineyard Wind 1 project off southern New England. The case centers on RODA’s contention that the Interior Department reinterpreted the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to approve the 804-megawatt project, arguing that the law requires prevention of interference with reasonable uses like fishing, not merely ‘considering’ or ‘balancing’ these factors against offshore wind development. More information can be found here.
