AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoOffshore Wind Fight in Court: New York Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a lawsuit with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont challenging the Trump administration’s March deal with TotalEnergies to cancel a major offshore wind lease off New York and pay nearly $1 billion, while requiring fossil-fuel investment instead—states argue it’s “blatantly unlawful” and could raise costs while undercutting climate goals and jobs. Ocean Monitoring Under Threat: Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others are alarmed by plans to dismantle parts of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative, a deep-sea data network that tracks ocean health and climate signals. Local Water Protection Funding: Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank closed $950,000 in no-interest septic loans for Tiverton and Jamestown to help homeowners replace failing systems and protect public health. URI Research on Biodiversity: URI scientists joined an international expedition mapping life on Indonesia’s remote tropical seamounts, building baseline data on deep-sea ecosystems. Weather & Coasts: Reports point to a warm-up in Southern New England with a rainy weekend ahead, plus a strong saltwater fishing season for striped bass and early fluke action in Narragansett Bay.
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