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Plans to build industrial port near Avila Beach in peril

Written on 11 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The company in line to construct an offshore wind maintenance facility in rural Avila Beach terminated its contract with the Port San Luis Harbor District on Dec. 4. Two days earlier, Port San Luis Harbor District commissioners voted... (Continue reading)

Port San Luis Harbor District again delays vote on industrialization

Written on 3 Dec, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE For the second time in several weeks, Port San Luis Harbor District commissioners voted to delay  plans to accept a $3 million grant to study industrialization of the port to support offshore wind energy. On Tuesday, the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Harbor District delays vote on step towards industrialization

Written on 27 Nov, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE Plans to transform Port San Luis Harbor District in rural Avila Beach into an industrial port hit a snag earlier this month when the commissioners delayed plans to vote on a $3 million grant after nearly 100... (Continue reading)

SLO County attorney finds misappropriation, $427 million grant rescinded

Written on 29 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County attorney Saro Rizzo and React Alliance President Mandy Davis asked the federal government in June to terminate and seek the return of unspent grant monies related to offshore wind energy in California because... (Continue reading)

California files lawsuit against Trump administration over wind energy

Written on 6 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump Administration’s alleged “unlawful attempt to freeze the development of offshore wind energy,” according to Bonta’s office. On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an... (Continue reading)

Wind energy project off Morro Bay paused after Trump’s win

Written on 15 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE Update: Representatives of Equinor said the current pause of the offshore wind farm was not impacted by President-elect Donald Trump’s election. Calls prior to publication of the article were not returned. Original: Energy giant Equinor paused its... (Continue reading)

Will Trump’s win end Morro Bay offshore wind energy projects?

Written on 14 Nov, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By KAREN VELIE President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end offshore wind energy projects his first day in office, a promise opponents of the proposed Morro Bay offshore wind farms hope he fulfills. Trump ran on lowering housing and energy... (Continue reading)

Lawmakers seek pause in offshore wind energy amid whale deaths

Written on 23 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE House lawmakers are seeking a pause in offshore wind energy projects amid a string of whale deaths along the coasts of Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Maine. [FoxNews] Last week, a deceased whale beached off Maryland’s... (Continue reading)

SLO County fishing industry in peril, judge to consider injunction

Written on 12 May, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE Fishermen from Morro Bay and Port San Luis are seeking a preliminary injunction to stop wind energy companies from surveying the ocean floor. Local fishermen report catch numbers are down 67% to 70% since one company recently... (Continue reading)

Recognize wind energy’s attempts to manipulate SLO County residents

Written on 11 Mar, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

Opinion by REACT Alliance President Mandy Davis Last Saturday, KSBY reported on REACT Alliance’s very successful Save Our Seas event in Morro Bay. In response to an inquiry on the story from KSBY, Equinor, one of the three offshore wind lease holders,... (Continue reading)