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America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. The Biden administration has approved six commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects, and auctioned lease areas for offshore wind for the first time off the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts. Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper called the opening a major milestone that proves large offshore wind farms can be built, both in the United States and in other countries with little or no offshore wind energy currently. The first U.S. offshore wind farm was supposed to be a project off the coast of Massachusetts known as Cape Wind. The nation's second large offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, is expected to open later this year off the coast of Massachusetts, too.

Persons: Ørsted, Kathy Hochul, Deb Haaland, Biden, Hochul, “, ” Hochul, Eversource, Mads Nipper, Equinor, David Hardy, Ørsted . Ørsted, It’s, it’s, Haaland Organizations: Montauk Point , New York . New York Gov, . New York, Fork, Associated Press, Ørsted ., DONG Energy, Danish Oil, Gas, Industry, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Locations: Montauk Point , New York ., Gulf of Mexico, . New, York, Rhode Island, Long, United States, New York, Norwegian, Denmark, Germany, U.S, Massachusetts, Avangrid, Copenhagen, AP.org

☆ School children are using AI image generators to create indecent fake images of classmates, an internet safety organization warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Schools have told a child protection organization that AI image generators are being used to make indecent content. AdvertisementChildren are using AI image generators at school to create indecent content of other children, experts on online child safety warned on Monday. The UK Safer Internet Centre is calling for "urgent action" to help children understand the risks associated with such AI images, which it says legally constitute child sexual abuse material. Emma Hardy, the UKSIC director, said the AI images were photorealistic and comparable to professional photos. Getty/Amy SussmanThe rise of AI image generators has come with plenty of controversy.

Persons: —, Emma Hardy, UKSIC, David Hardy, Bunny, Getty, Amy Sussman Organizations: Safer, Service, SAG Locations: Spanish

In total, the cancellations equate to nearly one-fifth of President Joe Biden’s goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. Despite the setbacks, offshore wind continues to move forward, the White House said, citing recent investments by New York state and approval by the Interior Department of the nation’s largest planned offshore wind farm in Virginia. Hardy spoke at the American Clean Power industry group’s offshore wind conference in Boston last month on a panel with Morris. Phil Murphy, has established increasingly stringent clean energy goals, moving from 100% clean energy by 2050 to 100% by 2035. “Offshore wind is a lot bigger than Ørsted.”The first U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farms are currently under construction: Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts and South Fork Wind off Rhode Island and New York.

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm. But it would forfeit the guarantee money if the project is not operational by December 2025. As an example, on Thursday, New York regulators rejected a request from companies for larger subsidies to complete large-scale wind, solar and offshore wind projects, saying the expected the companies to abide by the terms of their deals with the state. “I can affirm that Ocean Wind I shall complete and operate the Ocean Wind I approximate 1,100-megawatt qualified offshore wind project,” he wrote. Orsted has federal approval for the Ocean Wind I project, and has state approval for a second New Jersey project, Ocean Wind II.

Persons: Orsted, —, Phil Murphy, Governor Murphy, ”, David Hardy, “, Wayne Parry Organizations: CITY, New Jersey's, Public Utilities, Orsted, Democratic, Boston, Twitter Locations: N.J, New Jersey, East, , New York, North America, www.twitter.com

☆ FDA advisors recommend full approval of Pfizer Covid treatment Paxlovid for adults 50 and over and other high-risk people
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors recommended full approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for high-risk adults 16-1 on Thursday, but flagged potentially harmful drug interactions. The FDA first made Paxlovid available in December 2021 for emergency use in high-risk individuals ages 12 and up. More than half of Paxlovid-eligible Medicare and Veterans Affairs patients are on medications that have drug interactions with Paxlovid, according to an FDA review of safety surveillance data. Roughly 74% of Paxlovid prescriptions were from adult primary care practitioners who may not be experienced with managing the possible adverse drug interactions, the FDA review added. To complete a full course of the drug, patients must take three Paxlovid pills twice a day for five days.

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