August 7, 2025 — State and local officials and regional advocacy groups are split over the federal government’s decision to back off on offshore wind projects, a shift that casts uncertainty over new projects nationwide but doesn’t affect leases east and south of Cape Cod.
State Rep. Steven Xiarhos, R-West Barnstable, welcomes the changes as “a necessary course correction.”
“It reflects what many of us on Cape Cod and across the commonwealth have been saying for some time: the rush to industrialize our oceans has gone too far, too fast, and without enough science, transparency, or respect for local communities,” he said.
He added that the action “gives us a critical opportunity to pause, reassess, and get this right.”
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