Some New Jersey politicians with no public history of concern about the welfare of whales are now calling for an immediate moratorium on all offshore wind turbine work because they say they fear it may be killing cetaceans.
the proposed wind farms will destroy fishing and hurt tourism. The turbines are unsightly and the energy they produce is too expensive, he claims."I don’t care how far out they put them," he said.In the borough of Deal, Mayor Sam Cohen signed the letter but when contacted by USA TODAY expressed concern over possible dangers to birds.
Rep. Smith, who has previously supported wind power, introduced a bill in 2019 to ban seismic airgun use, primarily by oil and gas companies, to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale and other marine life. He has also supported a ban on offshore oil drilling. That year, a total of 78 whales died along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada and 59 in 2018, 2019 and 2020, NOAA data shows.