( May 6, 2025, 3:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5 denied two petitions seeking guidance regarding the interpretation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as they relate to the federal government’s approval of a lease to construct an industrial wind energy project off the coast of Massachusetts; one petitioner argued that the decision “has grave adverse consequences for marine safety, the environment, and national security” and the other stated that construction “will forever change the character of the marine environment and the use of the high seas for trade, navigation, fishing—and public enjoyment of all kinds.”...