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Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy. In recent months, conservatives including former President ...
Since December, more than 23 whales have washed up dead along the east coast of the United States, leading wind energy skeptics to lay blame on the pending installation of offshore wind projects.
Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National ...
The offshore wind zone has been controversial and is opposed by the Coalition, [61] with opponents claiming that offshore wind turbines are visually unappealing and will have a negative impact on the marine environment. [59] This local opposition led to the circulation of a fake journal article claiming that the zone would kill 400 whales per year.
The title: “Science says that wind farms are not killing whales.” A 40-foot whale found in Potter's Pond in South Kingstown on Thursday, Feb. 29. Whales would swim away from loud sounds
“Offshore wind might appear to be on the chopping block — Trump’s explicitly said this was something he’d fix on the first day — but when the economics of offshore wind are in alignment with his overall strategies of returning manufacturing to America and becoming energy-independent, his administration is likely to back away slowly ...
In 2010, the US Energy Information Agency said "offshore wind power is the most expensive energy generating technology being considered for large scale deployment". [5] The 2010 state of offshore wind power presented economic challenges significantly greater than onshore systems, with prices in the range of 2.5-3.0 million Euro/MW. [36]
The updtick in whale deaths off the Jersey Shore isn't being escalated by off-shore wind. Climate change, ships and pollution are the real culprits. The right is wrong about off-shore wind.