Cape Wind Energy Project

This is a project to develop off-shore wind off Cape Cod. It’s relevance to the Louisiana Coast is that the appeals court ruled that the EIS was incomplete because there was not sufficient geological information about the sea bottom and whether it could support the structures.

Pub. Employees for Envtl. Responsibility v. Hopper, No. 14-5301, 2016 WL 3606363, at *1 (D.C. Cir. July 5, 2016) (see discussion, p 6-9)

Pub. Employees for Envtl. Responsibility v. Beaudreau, 25 F. Supp. 3d 67, 88 (D.D.C. 2014), appeal dismissed sub nom. Pub. Employees for Envtl. Responsibility v. Cruickshank, No. 14-5117, 2014 WL 3014869 (D.C. Cir. June 11, 2014)

Cape Wind – NMFS Biological Opinion 12302010