Conservative watchdogs highlight ‘alarming’ surge in whale deaths as wind farms grow off NY, NJ coas

[Kamaji]

Conservative watchdogs highlight ‘alarming’ surge in whale deaths as wind farms grow off NY, NJ coasts

By Josh Christenson   
April 23, 2023

Conservative watchdog groups ran a guerrilla-style ad campaign on the New Jersey shore for Earth Day, drawing attention to a surge in whale deaths amid the growth of offshore wind farms.

Beachgoers in Atlantic City on Saturday looked on as a single-propeller plane carried a a message waving from a banner — “SAVE-WHALES-STOP-WINDMILLS.ORG” — and drivers heading out of town saw a billboard with the same message and a picture of a dead whale washed ashore.

The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow and the Heartland Institute sponsored the ads to highlight the potential threat wind turbine development poses to whales, dolphins and other aquatic life.

The campaign comes after a ProPublica report last week found federal regulators in the Biden administration have downplayed environmental risks to greenlight “an unprecedented expansion for offshore wind” projects — including tax incentives through the president’s Inflation Reduction Act for renewable energy developers.

Steve Milloy, a senior fellow at the Energy and Environment Legal Institute who sits on Heartland’s board of directors, told The Post the ad campaign reveals how “Orwellian” government action on the environment has become.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/conservative-watchdogs-highlight-alarming-surge-in-whale-deaths-as-wind-farms-grow-off-ny-nj-coasts/

[Fishrrman]

Windmills-at-sea...
Killing more whales than the tall ships of Nantucket...

[GtHawk]

The Gaia worshippers don't care about the whales any more than they care about all the raptors, pollinators and other birds killed by wind farms and solar farms on land, they consider them necessary sacrifices for the glory of Gaia.

[mountaineer]

 Written by Nick Pope on Jun 12, 2023.
Massive Offshore Wind Project Gets Underway With Permission To ‘Take’ Endangered Whales

A large offshore wind farm development project is underway off the Massachusetts coast nearly two years after the project’s developer received 20 “take” permits in June 2021 for the endangered right whale from environmental bureaucrats and regulators.

Vineyard Wind began offshore construction of the 62-wind turbine project Thursday, according to WBUR. [emphasis, links added]

During this summer’s construction of the offshore wind farm some 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, the company is permitted to incidentally kill up to 20 endangered right whales, according to the Federal Register entry for the project.  ... Climate Change Dispatch
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DW Berkley
@DWBerkley
Sadly, 2 dead humpback whales washed onshore in Edgartown on MV. Not far from the Obama compound. Vineyard Wind just used up 2 of their “allotted kills.”
6:18 PM · Jun 13, 2023