Category: Politics

Feds Set to Auction Offshore Energy Leases for MA, RI

Nearly 165,000 acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf off the shores of Rhode Island and Massachusetts will be made available for renewable energy leases through an auction scheduled for July 31, the Obama administration announced. The area is south of Newport, R.I., east of Block Island and southwest of Martha’s Vineyard. The federal government’s…