Go Offshore Young Man! The Categorical Exclusion Solution to Offshore Wind Farm Development on the Outer Continental Shelf

摘要

In his speech on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, President Barack Obama declared that increased production of alternative energy sources was necessary to prevent future environmental disasters of this nature.155 Instead of waiting for Congress to act, which seems unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future, the President can encourage federal agencies to create incentives for the development of clean energy resources right now.156 In particular, the President could encourage BOEMRE .to create a categorical exclusion for development of offshore wind farms on the Outer Continental Shelf-a decision that would likely withstand judicial review.