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.
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I cannot stand that Howdy Doody motherfucker Murphy.
You and me both. He’s an obnoxious tyrant.
Hells Kitchen. Now Open! What are you having for dinner?
Corexit, Microplastic and Radioactive toxins. Maybe some Red Wine from California made from Aluminum, Barium, and Surfactants. For dessert I’m having 2 handfuls of Boston Cream.
Fat black women are washing up on NJ beaches?? Holy crap!
Someone better check Georgia beaches.
All this “green” technology is harming nature and they don’t care so clearly the purpose of going green is NOT the environment. It’s a control grid.
So whales can’t “see” natural rock cliffs in the water or The Burning Oil Platforms?
It’s the terrible low frequency sounds the turbines make. That has been an issue with them being on land and literally making people sick and get migraines with the infra-sound. So, they put them off shore to get them out of sight (hide the dead birds too) and away from our sensitive ears. Now the creatures who rely on infra-sound for communication and navigation are fucked, go figure. Either that or its the sonar they turned up to look for Russian subs.
Also, fuck that jack-o’-lantern Murphy.
Any Military sonar/weapons testing in the area?
My thought as well
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Is that some kinda serious wound on its back/Tail?
Could the process of washing ashore cause damage like that?
Thanks for venturing one plausible idea.
However, due to (aka).attrition, the mystery IS solved!
The whale in the picture is lying on its back, the belly is shown. That area you refer to would presumably be the genitalia area.
Moby Dick.
The UK has a lot of offshore windmills, and it was a real problem in early December because they had an unusual dearth of wind. That’s the big problem with wind & solar. They’re not dependable, so you need something that IS dependable (nuclear, fossil fuels) to handle the base load. If the base load is covered, then you can Mickey Mouse around with ridiculous things like letting people sell their little trickle of solar or wind energy back into the grid.
Funny how “unintended consequences” get swept under the carpet when it is expedient.
“We are going to need a bigger boat load of dynamite.”
“Experts”
We should roll that film out everytime any politician says “I have a plan.”
Morons reign! Only in America!
So they will just built them mammoth things in our rural landscapes then.
The odd thing about wind power is that when the wind is really blowing herein MT…..they have to lock them down….too much wind! Total fraud and everything the leftists touch turns to shit because evil begets evil……Vaccine, every country where socialism/collectivism is tried……tranny/woke BS…..Of course, it is killing the whales! Like everything else whatever the left claims the opposite is true.
Why on earth should we consider any life forms as important? This regime of “death and depopulation ” don’t give one wit for human life, what in #@// would make one think a friggin whale would matter?