Yes, the Federal Government and Vineyard Wind were victorious, and likely will be in the two remaining lawsuits against them, but we're not going to get where we want to get in our fight against the warming of our planet by the time we need to get there if everyone has to go through what Vineyard Wind has gone through.

Nantucket Residents claimed that the agency didn't use the best scientific and commercial data, but Talwani said that the group was unable to offer evidence that the agency's metrics for determining harm to whales were arbitrary and capricious. It also wasn't able to offer evidence to support its "speculative argument" that right whales will flee into vessel traffic, the judge said. The bureau considered a "suite" of mitigation measures to limit harms to surrounding mammals, and the group couldn't show that the agency's reliance on them was unlawful, Talwani said.