Interior Vows 'Major' Offshore Wind Move

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be in Baltimore Thursday to roll out the next steps in the department’s efforts to spur construction of offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Coast.

The department isn’t saying much, other than promising a "major" step towards development off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.

But the energy news service Platts reported that Interior will announce that an environmental study shows that wind development off the mid-Atlantic coast will have "no significant impact" on the environment.