{"id":1571,"date":"2024-01-17T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2024-01-17T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:58:44","slug":"cari-activates-to-support-offshore-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/cari-activates-to-support-offshore-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"CARI Activates to Support Offshore Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Portsmouth Town Council held a key vote on the evening of January 16 to pass a Host Community Agreement (HCA) that would allow the town to receive compensation for an underground cable that would pass through the town, connecting power generated by offshore wind turbines to the utility grid.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1578\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1578\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1578\" src=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-470x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Half a dozen individuals hold lighted panels that spell out &quot;Yes to Wind&quot; in the lobby of a school.\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-470x300.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-1024x654.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-1536x981.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-430x275.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-20x13.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2373-1253x800.jpeg 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CARI members say &#8220;YES TO WIND.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because anti-wind advocates planned to attend, distributing anti-wind misinformation, CARI members leapt into action to oppose anti-wind organizers and show their support of the HCA and wind energy in Rhode Island. Dozens of CARI members arrived early to the meeting, holding pro-wind signs and distributing accurate information about wind energy and its benefits. Half a dozen CARI members testified to the benefits of passing the HCA and bringing renewable wind energy to New England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1579\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579\" src=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman speaks at a microphone behind a podium in a high school auditorium.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-11x15.jpeg 11w, https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2378-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A CARI member and resident of Portsmouth testifies in favor of the HCA.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Though many testified against wind energy, citing common myths and misinformation, CARI&#8217;s efforts were a success! The council passed the HCA by a vote of 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>CARI&#8217;s pro-wind power campaign continues with a petition drive against two groups of wealthy coastal residents who are suing to block the wind farms. <a href=\"http:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/yes\/\">Learn more and sign the petition today.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of CARI members turned out the evening of January 16 at the Portsmouth Town Council Meeting to voice their support for offshore wind energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1206,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}