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4 Aug: Providence Journal: Rhode Island fishermen critical of wind farm plan
By Alex Kuffner
There are concerns that the South Fork Wind Farm will lead to more difficulties for commercial fishermen who ply their trade in the waters between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard.

The nation’s first major offshore wind farm won a key approval from Rhode Island regulators in February, but only after stirring acrimony within the state’s fishing industry.
Now, amid an atmosphere of suspicion created by the 84-turbine Vineyard Wind project, the next offshore wind proposal in line is being considered for a key approval by the state Coastal Resources Management Council. And there are concerns that the project, the South Fork Wind Farm, will lead to more difficulties for commercial fishermen who ply their trade in the waters between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard...

Construction, however, must begin soon for Vineyard Wind to qualify for federal tax credits that it has said are crucial to the financial viability of the project...
https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190804/ri-fishermen-critical-of-wind-farm-plan


26 posted on 08/10/2019 12:27:36 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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And how many ocean birds will be destroyed?


29 posted on 08/10/2019 2:52:51 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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