Oregon fishermen and native American tribe members are skeptical about the latest US offshore wind project. Almost 200,000 acres ranging from 18 to 32 miles offshore have been selected by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for wind turbine installation. The government agency is headed by attorney Elizabeth Klein. It seems that in 21st century America senior positions and even less elevated managers in both public agencies and private business are all law school grads, rather than acknowledged experts in the scientific aspects of their fields. Or, in the case of Klein's predecessor at BOEM, Amanda Lefton, the architect of the Biden administration's effort to bring global warming to a halt, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
After accepting her position at BOEM Lefton said: "We know that climate change is the greatest crisis of our time, and we
have to transition to clean renewable energy in order to fight climate
change.” She was the director of BOEM from February 2021 to January 2023, and then left to take a position as Vice President of Offshore Development for RWE Offshore Wind GmbH, a German electric energy company. Positions in government "service" could also be called preparation for employment in the field they regulate.
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