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Offline rangerrebew

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The California offshore wind environmental impact statement is full of holes
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David Wojick
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December 2nd, 2024
 
BOEM is taking comments on a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its five floating wind offshore leases off the California coast. I am doing research prior to commenting and this is my first report which other commenters might find useful.

The comment deadline is February 12 so the final EIS will be under the Trump Administration. This may make comments opposing the Program more important than they have been previously when they were mostly ignored.

For the PEIS and how to comment see https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/california-offshore-wind-programmatic-environmental-impact

This is BOEM’s second offshore wind PEIS. The first was for a set of leases off New York and it was atrocious. This one is still bad but it has some useful features that are worth pointing out.

https://www.cfact.org/2024/12/02/the-california-offshore-wind-environmental-impact-statement-is-full-of-holes/
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Offline DefiantMassRINO

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... because it's a Big Wind fraud.

Vineyard Wind isn't even complete off Nantucket, and there's already been broken wind turbine blades.  And, the debris littered beaches this past Summer.

Offshore wind is uneconomical and not environmentally justifiable, execpt in remote locations.
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