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CRMC approves key SouthCoast Wind permit over objections from fishing industry

The murky future for SouthCoast Wind gained a small but significant sign of clarity Tuesday with a key permit approval from the Rhode Island...
SITE ­INSPECTION: Jesse Reiblich, left, a University of Rhode Island professor in the marine affairs department, walks near the disputed property line along Roger W. Wheeler State Beach in Narragansett. He is joined, from left, by Nathan Vinhateiro, science director at the URI Coastal Institute, and Melva Trevino, assistant professor in URI’s fisheries, animal and veterinary sciences department. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. shoreline rights in legal limbo of sorts

When Rhode Island passed a 2023 law strengthening shoreline access, some advocates felt a sense of relief as state and local authorities took a...

‘Do it again, but the right way.’ Judge tosses CRMC decision...

The embattled R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council was dealt another blow last week after a Superior Court judge tossed one of its most high-profile...
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

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

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...

CRMC vacancies cause problem

A panel of state coastal regulators whose contentious rulings have already drawn objections is facing new criticism, with vacancies leading to a string of...
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