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Trudy Coxe
American politician
Gertrude M. "Trudy" Coxe (born 1948) is an American environmental activist and historic preservationist who is the current CEO of the Preservation Society of Newport County and the former 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]