A day-long meeting of a task force tracking a federal agency s wind farm plans along the Oregon coast is done after its afternoon became a long public comment session far beyond the half-hour planned.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has selected three areas off the coast of southern Oregon for potential offshore wind development, and its picks have attracted immediate opposition from fishermens' advocacy organizations.
As part of President Biden’s and Governor Kate Brown’s push to boost alternative energy, floating wind turbines are being explored offshore, including three spots off the Oregon Coast. Some want more scrutiny of such a development.