Thursday, April 29, 2021
After a slow start, the offshore wind industry in the United States is finally poised to take off. Just last month, the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalized its environmental analysis relating to the first proposed large-scale, commercial wind farm offshore the United States. This not only signaled that BOEM will likely permit that project to move forward with operations but also established a framework for BOEM’s use as it considers proposals for additional commercial-scale wind projects. Also last month, the Biden administration announced its interagency plan to “catalyze offshore wind energy[.]” Against this backdrop of increasing activity and investment in the offshore wind industry, this article outlines DOI’s regulatory framework for offshore wind leases, including the division of roles and responsibilities between DOI’s subagencies the BOEM and the Bureau of Safety and Enviro
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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs (EEA) has issued its draft Massachusetts Environmental
Policy Act (MEPA) Interim Protocol on Climate Adaptation and
Resiliency (the Interim Protocol), as well as a draft Interim
Protocol for Environmental Justice Outreach (the EJ Interim
Protocol).
The Interim Protocol is designed to encourage development
projects to utilize the best available climate projections for
Massachusetts to consider risks and impacts associated with sea
level rise, increased intensity of precipitation and increases in
average temperature.
This Holland & Knight alert is the second in a series
covering Massachusetts initiatives targeting the Commonwealth s
anticipated need for climate change adaptation, focusing on the
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MS. PSAKI: Okay. Happy Earth Day, everyone. And joining us in the Briefing Room for the second time I told you they’d come back and take more questions; I deliver on my promises is National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
We’re, of course, very excited to have them here. After their short remarks, they will be able to take just a few questions because they have a busy Climate Summit under way.
On day one, President Biden fulfilled his promise to rejoin the Paris Agreement. And as part of reentering the Paris Agreement, the President launched a whole-of-government process that was organized through his Climate Task Force to establish the 2030 emissions target, which is known as the “nationally determined contribution” or “NDC.” And it’s a formal submission to the United Nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Environmental Justice, as an urgent priority of the Federal Government, dates back to 1994, and President Clinton’s issuance of Executive Order 12898. This order directed federal agencies to identify and address, as appropriate, the disproportionately high and adverse human health and environment effects of its many programs, policies and procedures on minority populations and low-income populations. The primary legal basis for this order was Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in particular, Sections 601 and 602, which prohibit discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal financial aid and assistance. Over the years, the Supreme Court has reviewed the scope and importance of Title VI. In