Trudy Coxe

Trudy Coxe
Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs
In office
1993–1998
GovernorWilliam Weld
Paul Cellucci
Preceded bySusan Tierney
Succeeded byRobert Durand
Personal details
OccupationNon-profit executive

Gertrude M. "Trudy" Coxe (born 1948) is an American non-profit executive and CEO of the Preservation Society of Newport County, formerly the Secretary of Environmental Affairs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1][2] She has advocated against the construction of offshore wind farms in Rhode Island, arguing that they cause "unnecessary loss to our community's irreplaceable character and sense of place."[3][4]

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Edward (December 23, 2000). "R.I. leaders give Whitman high marks on environment". Providence Journal.
  2. ^ Borg, Linda (April 25, 1999). "Former Save the Bay leader sees preservation job as a natural". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ RINewsToday (2023-11-23). "Block Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms". RINewsToday.com.
  4. ^ Fenton, Josh. "UPDATED: One of RI's Top Environmentalists Is Suing to Block Offshore Wind Project". GoLocalProv.