Environmental Salazar Announces New Offshore Wind Initiative; Sierra Club Applauds Effort by Gary Kopycinski on November 24, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 BALTIMORE–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2010. Yesterday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a new initiative by his agency to encourage development of offshore wind energy along the Atlantic Coast.