Whale deaths along East Coast prompt 12 NJ mayors' call for offshore wind farm moratorium

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ASBURY PARK, N.J. – A group of New Jersey mayors are calling for an "immediate moratorium" on offshore wind energy development until federal and state scientists can assure the public that ocean noise related to underwater seabed mapping, soil borings and other turbine construction activities poses no threat to whales.

The announcement followed news that another humpback whale died off of the coasts of New Jersey and New York and washed ashore in Lido Beach, New York, according to numerous reports.

"While we are not opposed to clean energy, we are concerned about the impacts these (offshore wind) projects may already be having on our environment," the 12 New Jersey mayors wrote in a joint letter to Washington officials.

The Lido Beach whale marks the eighth whale to wash ashore on the beaches of New York and New Jersey in the past two months, the mayors said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/whale-deaths-along-east-coast-prompt-12-nj-mayors-call-for-offshore-wind-farm-moratorium/ar-AA16WJJ7

[elleng]

1. Sorry for 'pettiness,' but a group IS, and

mayors ARE.

[NNadir]

2. One can be opposed to wind energy without risk of opposing clean energy.

It's simple. Wind energy isn't clean.

[hunter]

3. The whales don't need any more of our crap in their oceans.

We should remove the oil platforms too.

[Eugene]

4. Feds: This whale was likely struck by a ship.

Vessel strike blamed for humpback whale’s death in New York (Associated Press)

A necropsy team including representatives from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, NOAA Fisheries, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Mystic Aquarium Animal Response Program and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center assembled Tuesday and cut through the blubber to collect samples of the whale’s internal organs, NOAA officials said in a statement.

The whale was likely killed by a vessel strike, the officials said, but more will be known once the results of the samples become available.

Officials said the whale’s level of decomposition indicated that it had died several days before washing ashore, contradicting early reports that the animal had beached itself while it was alive.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-animals-fisheries-whales-11240fba78a01e8211fc84fa9ef53b62