NJ’s Offshore Wind Project, Pittsburgh Shooting Trial, Hip Hop Artist Chill Moody

The nation’s biggest offshore wind energy project at the N.J. shore was approved. Will citizen opposition and a lawsuit derail it?

Air Date: July 19, 2023 12:00 pm

FILE - Two of the offshore wind turbines, which have been constructed off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., are seen, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Families of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims are giving testimony about their loved ones as the jury debates whether or not the perpetrator should be sentenced to death. WESA’s Oliver Morrison on the latest developments in the trial.

The country’s largest offshore wind project along the Jersey Shore has been approved. Could opposition and a lawsuit from citizens and interest groups throw a wrench in the renewable energy project? We’ll hear from both supporters and opponents of the Ocean Wind I. NJ DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, Bruce Afran, the attorney representing three groups suing the state, and NJ Sierra Club director Anjuli Ramos-Busot join us.

Hip-hop artist Chill Moody and composer Darin Atwater perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann tonight. They join Studio 2 to talk about ‘Black Metropolis’ which showcases hip hop as an evolution of American music.

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