Greenwire: Interior Offshore Wind Leasing Program Seen as ‘Test Case’ for Marine Spatial Planning – June 23, 2011

Greenwire: Interior Offshore Wind Leasing Program Seen as ‘Test Case’ for Marine Spatial Planning

As the 27-agency National Ocean Council begins the formidable task of mapping out the myriad resources of the nation’s oceans, lakes and coasts, some are looking to the Interior Department’s offshore wind program for hints of how early planning can improve federal decisionmaking…