by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 30, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, ocean planning
Takings Implications of Offshore Wind Energy Development The successful installation of the Block Island Wind Farm in 2016 and its continued operation have encouraged investments in offshore wind projects in federal waters along the Atlantic seaboard. These proposed...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 9, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
Coastal communities in the Ocean State will be faced with difficult choices in the not-so-distant future as the encroachment of the sea and more powerful storms increase flooding in low-lying areas. One of those difficult choices is deciding what to do with vulnerable...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 20, 2016 | News, Students, Uncategorized
Knauss Fellow reflects on path from seafood trader to policy aide to lawyer Nicholas Obolensky, part of the Knauss Fellows class of 2013, had always wanted to fight for the greater good. “I have always been interested in fighting for social and environmental justice...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Former Sea Grant Law Fellow John Ryan-Henry didn’t originally set out to be a lawyer. Now a dual J.D./Masters of Marine Affairs student, he spent his undergraduate career majoring in geology at Brown University. “I thought that I was on the way to becoming a...
