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8 Dead Whales: Time to Stop Windfarm Development

January 22, 2023 by Wayne Creed 3 Comments

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Environmentalists and opponents of offshore wind stood on a beach where the marine mammal lay buried and called for a federal probe into a spate of whale deaths in New Jersey and New York. Groups from the two states wrote President Joe Biden requesting a probe of the deaths of six whales that washed ashore over the last 33 days in areas being prepared for large-scale offshore wind farms. They also are asking for a halt to site work until the causes are determined.

The death total has now reached 8, with another dead whale floating near Virginia Beach.

Last Thursday a 20- to 25-foot-long (6- to 7.6-meter-long) humpback whale washed up on the Jersey Shore. Its remains washed ashore in Brigantine, just north of Atlantic City, which itself has seen two dead whales on its beaches in recent weeks.

“We should suspend all work related to offshore wind development until we can determine the cause of death of these whales, some of which are endangered,” said New Jersey state Sen. Vince Polistina, a Republican who represents the area. “The work related to offshore wind projects is the primary difference in our waters, and it’s hard to believe that the death of (seven) whales on our beaches is just a coincidence.”

The Clean Ocean Action environmental group notes that wind farm site work typically involves exploring the ocean floor using focused pulses of low-frequency sound in the same frequency that whales hear and communicate, which could potentially harm or disorient the animals.

Brigantine’s mayor, Vince Sera, joined in the call for a temporary halt to offshore wind site prep, as did U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican congressman representing southern New Jersey.

At a news conference Monday in Atlantic City, the groups calling on Biden to probe the deaths said offshore wind developers have applied for authorization to harass or harm as many as 157,000 marine mammals off the two states.

Of course, Climate Change grifters tried to use the fake ‘climate crisis’ to push for wind farm development, even as the work is killing off endangered species. For Clean Water Action, Environment New Jersey, the Sierra Club, New Jersey Audubon, NY/NJ Baykeeper, and others, the end (the money grift) always justifies the means.

“The climate crisis demands that we quickly develop renewable energy, and offshore wind is critically important for New Jersey to reach the state’s economic development and environmental justice goals,” the groups said in a statement.

Filed Under: Activism, Animal Activism, Bottom, Environment, Environmental Activism, News

Comments

  1. Carla Jasper says

    January 22, 2023 at 1:05 pm

    Thank you for printing what I believe to be a very accurate description of a situation that needs the light of day.

    Reply
  2. Adam says

    January 22, 2023 at 5:12 pm

    Them whales be trippin

    Reply
  3. Paul Plante says

    January 22, 2023 at 7:17 pm

    THE HYPE:

    “The climate crisis demands that we quickly develop renewable energy, and offshore wind is critically important for New Jersey to reach the state’s economic development and environmental justice goals,” the groups said in a statement.

    REALITY:

    There is NO climate crisis, that is a manufactured term.

    For the record, and this has been known now for HUNDREDS of years, and never has been a secret, being taught in HS earth science classes, the knowledge is that common, that it is the oceans, and water bodies in general, not CO2, that regulate the global climate by mediating temperature and driving the weather, determining rainfall, droughts, and floods, and incidentally, are also the world’s largest store of carbon, where an estimated 83% of the global carbon cycle is circulated through marine waters.

    Change the hydrological cycle by creating large impoundments, or bringing up copious amounts of groundwater to the surface, or pumping copious amounts of heat into surface water bodies like Lake Ontario, and the climate is going to be affected and will change, which has been happening all my life, so there is no “climate crisis.”

    As to the term “renewable” (a source of energy that is not depleted by use) energy as in “the climate crisis demands that we quickly develop renewable energy,” what does the term really mean in terms of real life?

    Let’s look:

    What happens at night with solar panels?

    At night your solar panels and inverter power down.

    And that is not just “your” solar panels; that is ALL these solar farms.

    So, at night, people, it’s power down, just like any other third-world country, which is where the “environmental justice” aspect comes into it.

    We really need to go backwards to more primitive living conditions in order to go forward into the brave new world.

    As to the wind component, if there is a calm, there will be no power generated by the windmills.

    And if the wind is more than 55 mph, the windmills shut down and produce no electricity.

    So, if there is a dense fog and no wind, somebody gets screwed, because there won’t be power for them, but see, people, that is environmental justice.

    And if the sun ever shines again, and the wind begins to blow, feel assured that the power will be restored.

    In the meantime, use candles!

    That is what they are for, afterall.

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