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NJDEP AND ORSTED SUED OVER STATE APPROVAL OF FEDERAL WIND TURBINE LEASES OFF ATLANTIC CITY, AND OCEAN CITY

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Danish Engineering Firm Orsted Named as Co-Defendant In First Major Challenge to Ocean Wind 1

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Atlantic City NJ, three groups have filed suit in Superior Court challenging New Jersey DEP’s approval of the Ocean Wind 1 project consisting of nearly 100 turbines to be located 15 miles off New Jersey’s busiest beach communities.

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Whale Watch: Environmental Groups Sue NJ DEP Over Offshore Wind Project

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Long Beach Island NJ, groups that have been at the forefront of the effort to halt plans for hundreds of electricity-generating wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean have taken their campaign to court.
The groups ,Save LBI, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ  claim state officials ignored evidence the massive structures will harm the offshore environment in their approvals.
The legal action naming the state Department of Environmental Protection and company developing the offshore wind project  was filed with the state Appellate Division, the normal venue for challenging the decision of a state agency. A previous lawsuit filed by wind-power opponents was rejected by a federal judge earlier this year.

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