Three organizations opposing New Jersey’s wind farm project filed suit against the state April 26, ABC News reported.
Save Long Beach Island, Defend Brigantine Beach, and Protect Our Coast NJ, have initiated a legal challenge against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s approval of the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project, according to ABC News. They filed their lawsuit in appellate court claiming that the project fails to meet federal coastal protection standards.
The Atlantic Shores project is located off the coast of Long Beach Island and one of three proposed wind farms in New Jersey that have received preliminary approval. The lawsuit filed by these groups represents the latest effort to stop the state’s ambition to become a leader in offshore wind energy development on the East Coast, the outlet reported.
Three anti-wind power groups are suing…
