The Global Clean Energy Action Forum features prominent speakers like Bill Gates and former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with 6,000 people in attendance.
The Atlantic surfclam industry generates about $30 million a year. But a new study shows offshore wind development in could cut that income by up to 25%.
The GOP-backed bill would require the state to sell credits created by government-owned renewable energy projects and use the money to plug abandoned oil and gas wells.