Nantucket Files Suit Over BOEM Offshore Wind Approval

April 1, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Town and County of Nantucket, the picturesque Massachusetts island, late last week filed an appeal in a Washington, D.C., court over the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) approval of the SouthCoast offshore wind project, which is planned for a location about 20 miles from Nantucket.
At the heart of the lawsuit is Nantucket's tourist-driven economy, which some residents think would be hurt by the view of the