Posted on 01/14/2023 8:48:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In a case of odd bedfellows, environmental groups and Republican politicians are calling for a pause in offshore wind farm development following a string of whales washing up dead on New Jersey and New York beaches.
Seven whales have turned up dead in little over a month. The latest victim, a 20- to 25-foot juvenile Humpback whale, turned up in Brigantine, New Jersey on Thursday afternoon, close to a Coast Guard station.
"The wave of dead whales is the ocean sounding the alarm, and we must heed the warning,” said Cindy Zipf, executive director of Jersey-based Clean Ocean Action, after the sixth whale washed up in Atlantic City on Jan. 7 with signs of head trauma. "[The wind farm development] is too much, too fast. It's outrageous and our ocean deserves better."
On Friday, Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) announced he would seek a federal investigation. "Ocean life is being put at risk as our governor and president force through their Green New Deal policies, without giving full consideration to their real-world impacts.
Drew sits on the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. New Jersey Republican state Senator Vince Polistina called for a pause in the offshore construction:
"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."
For others officials, though, it's damn the whales, full speed ahead. Democratic New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, on Friday said that, while "this is tragic, obviously," suspicions that tie the dead whales to the wind farm development were "unfounded and premature."
New Jersey has been on a quest to distinguish itself as the top offshore-wind state on the east coast. The Garden State has already approved three offshore wind farms and is soliciting more requests.
Clean Ocean Action says the installation of offshore windmills usually involves exploration of the sea floor using low-frequency sounds in the same frequency that whales use, with the risk that they could become disoriented or otherwise harmed.
Earlier this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was unaware of any humpback whale having previously been confirmed as a victim of offshore wind projects. Among other human perils, whales can fall victim to ship strikes...but could sonar disorientation increase that risk?
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it can take months to figure out a beached whale's cause of death. In the meantime, expect Governor Murphy to continue racing to bolster New Jersey's green energy credentials.
Flying whales
Wind farms all along bird migratory paths.
Hardly any birds like I used to have.
Rachel finally got her silent spring.
everything the left touches turns into blubber
Democrats abusing animals is par for the course.
Save the whales except when we sacrifice them on the altar of the next thing.
Wind turbines produce low frequency vibrations that could be confusing the whales.
Full steam collisions.
I see few mallard ducks.
Between solar panels, windfarms, and 5G towers, bird populations are taking a toll. Honeybees too.
Yup.
And water conducts sound.
Subsonic suicides.
I hate those damn windmills.
/Don Quixote was right
“ Save the earth; kill all the animals “
Yeah.
Perfect sense. …to liberal lunatics.
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Wind Mills Chop up Birds, Owls, and Bats 24 hours a day.
The Left doesn’t care. It’s a Religion to them and the only want power to crush the opposition to their religion. Look how many Dems kids are in Failing and unsafe schools - but they sacrifice them for their religion.
Take away Federal subsidies and see how many Investors run from Wind.
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so whales beat birds in the hierarchy
Raptor choppers and whale head bashers. Don’t you just love these wildlife caring green idiots?
They always believe in the Free Lunch (a nirvana world of cheap, clean, safe, reliable green energy), but TANSTAAFL.
Abusing children, unborn babies, animals and birds. What a great bunch of people.
Actually, a government sponsored wind mill in North Carolina in the 80s produced a low frequency ground wave that cracked foundations of buildings. U know, a little learning of what was learned in the past is a smart thing, just saying!
The huge bird migration spots here in MD are treeless and birdless. I wonder where they have gone?
Liberals adjust blinders and full speed ahead.
Solar panels ?
Liberals are destroying everything. They are disciples of Karl Marx. Yes, that even goes for voters.
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