Anti-wind groups began suggesting survey vessels used by the offshore wind industry interfered with whale movements because of sonar — even though sonar has been widely used by other industries including fishing.
Workers inspect a dead humpback whale that washed up on the sand on Rockaway Beach on April 5, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York City.
The unusual mortality event began before offshore wind projects were approved in New Jersey. Orsted’s Ocean Wind 1 project got the go-ahead in June 2019, but it has never begun construction.pulled out of two state offshore wind projectsMost whale deaths go unrecorded, as do causes. But NOAA says a portion of the whales have shown evidence of being struck by vessels. Others get entangled in fishing equipment.
The main reasons cited for opposition: potential harm to sea life and obstructed ocean views — the same claims the anti-wind groups were making. A public relations firm hired by Save Right Whales Coalition requested that The Inquirer send its questions for Linowes via email. Linowes did not respond.that it does not take money from “fossil fuel, nuclear, or any other energy industry” and that most members of the coalition are unpaid volunteers.
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