Board quits, but CRMC tries to press on with offshore wind

Christopher Allen

09/15/2023

ALL NINE members of the Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board have resigned in protest of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council’s stance on offshore wind farms, but it’s under what effect it might have on the approval process. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND — ALL NINE members of the Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board have resigned in protest of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council’s stance on offshore wind farms, but it’s unsure what effect it might have on the approval process. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

The resignation of all nine members of the Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board in protest now threatens to gum up the federal approval process for offshore wind turbine construction off the southern New England coast. The former board members accused the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council of violating state regulations, specifically regarding the Rhode Island

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