Philadelphia Inquirer: Proposed wind farms off the coast of New Jersey and Delaware took a major step forward yesterday when U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave four companies the right to build research towers offshore – the first such leases the agency has issued for the nation’s outer continental shelf. The leases will allow the companies to gather crucial data on wind speeds and other meteorological information. Until now, the companies and New Jersey, which has agreed to invest $12 million …