TPPF Files Cert Petition for U.S. Supreme Court to Review Vineyard Wind Project

The Texas Public Policy Foundation, on behalf of local fishermen whose livelihoods have been severely impacted, filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to reverse a decision of a federal court of appeals permitting the enormous Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy project, located off the coast of Massachusetts.

This is the first of dozens of such wind energy generation projects slated for development on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts of the United States. It is part of an ambitious initiative of the former Biden Administration to diminish demand for fossil fuels throughout the nation. The Vineyard Wind 1 project was rushed through and approved despite environmental, safety, and national security risks. Last July, TPPF’s warnings came true when an enormous windmill blade the size of a football field collapsed into the ocean, scattering fiberglass debris for miles and closing beaches on the East Coast. TPPF now turns to the Supreme Court as the court of last resort to fix the errors made by the lower court in approving this dangerous project.

"The Biden Administration’s Departments of the Interior, Commerce, and Defense knew that the Vineyard Wind 1 project would result in momentous adverse impacts to safety, the environment, endangered species, and national security, but permitted it anyway, thereby violating the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the National Environmental Policy Act,” said TPPF senior attorney and lead counsel in the case Ted Hadzi-Antich. “This is a stark example of federal administrative agencies shirking their responsibilities to follow the law. When that happens, we are here to hold their feet to the fire.”

To read the full cert petition, click here.

For additional background on the case, click here. 

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