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Wind walkback

By Sabrina Garone
Published August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM EDT
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October 1, 2016 - Heavy seas engulf the Block Island Wind Farm, the first US offshore wind farm. The five Halide 6MW turbines were recently installed by Deepwater Wind, and are currently under commissioning. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
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October 1, 2016 - Heavy seas engulf the Block Island Wind Farm, the first US offshore wind farm. The five Halide 6MW turbines were recently installed by Deepwater Wind, and are currently under commissioning. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)

The U.S. Interior Secretary weighs in on Connecticut’s cancelled offshore wind farm. A new lawsuit could kick-start a rebuild of a Long Island bridge washed out by historic flooding. Plus, are efforts to clean up drinking water in New York actually working? 

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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