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A former scrap metal facility operating at Somerset's Brayton Point has settled claims from the state Attorney General's office that it illegally discharged industrial stormwater and emitted dust and noise pollution into the neighborhood.

The country's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm project has started laying cable offshore from its New Bedford operations base — even as two other large-scale wind projects in the state have pressed pause.

When President Joe Biden took the podium at Somerset's Brayton Point on Wednesday, it was to highlight the transformational potential of offshore wind.

Was the damage done to the environment by hauling dozens of people hundreds of miles to listen to a speech about climate change justified?

President Biden is scheduled to visit Somerset on Wednesday to talk about clean energy and the climate crisis, according to a media advisory.

The demolition of the twin cooling towers at Somerset's Brayton Point Power Station set a world record for the tallest cooling towers ever to be imploded.

Gov. Charlie Baker and some of his top deputies joined lawmakers from southeastern Massachusetts and officials from Vineyard Wind's parent company Avangrid to celebrate plans to establish the state's first offshore wind industry manufacturing facility at Brayton Point in Somerset.

Recently-resigned Somerset Selectman Holly McNamara has created campaign signs for Brayton Point political rival Kathy Souza, who seeks to fill the vacant seat.

Developers say it clears the way for a new era of operations at the site's deepwater heavy-lift port.

Demolition operations at the Brayton Point Commerce Center in Somerset have been temporarily shut down following the fourth fire at the site this year.