During a tour of the Port of Virginia, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, speaking, announces BOEM’s initiation of the environmental review for Dominion Energy’s Coast Virginia Offshore Wind commercial project. (Courtesy of the Office of the Governor)
REGIONAL On Thursday,
July 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior (USDOI) announced that it will initiate an environmental review of Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind commercial project.
During a tour of the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, USDOI Secretary Deb Haaland, along with Gov. Ralph Northam and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), announced that the USDOIâs Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate this environmental review.Â
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry was appointed as the international climate envoy, and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy was designated as the domestic climate czar. They have their work cut out for them, as the goal of simply meeting the present Paris Climate Agreement goals may not reduce GHG emissions to the required levels.
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