Nantucket Current

1 month ago | savingseafood.org | Jason Graziadei |Nantucket Current

March 26, 2025 — The Nantucket-based group ACK For Whales has launched a new challenge to Vineyard Wind, filing a petition with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke the offshore wind developer’s Clean Air Act permit for the project. The permit, which was issued by the EPA on June 21, 2021, outlines the air pollution control requirements for Vineyard Wind, ensuring that it complies with federal and state regulations.

1 month ago | savingseafood.org | Jason Graziadei |Nantucket Current

March 6, 2025 — With a huge number of bay scallops in the harbor and only a small number of fishermen still on the water, the Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board lobbied the Select Board on Wednesday to extend Nantucket’s commercial scalloping season by nine days. “There’s an abundance of adult scallops in the harbor,” Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board chair Andy Lowell told the Select Board members at their meeting this week. “There are very few scallopers active at this point.

1 month ago | rinewstoday.com | Nantucket Current |Jason Graziadei

Damaged Vineyard Wind Turbine Struck By Lightning, Nantucket CurrentPhoto: The Nantucket Current, Vineyard Wind’s AW-38 turbine that suffered a blade failure in July 2024, seen here in September 2024 – Dan LeMaitreby Jason Graziadei • Mar 02, 2025The same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a blade failure last summer was struck by lightning late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard stated on Sunday. The alleged incident occurred last Thursday, Feb. 27th, or Friday, Feb.