The Biden administration announced on Feb. 22 that it has proposed the first-ever offshore wind lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
The administration proposed leases in three areas, covering 300,000 acres, which it said could potentially generate enough clean energy to power nearly 1.3 million homes.
The announcement comes as three congressmen and more than a dozen mayors whose coastal districts are near offshore wind energy sites are calling for a moratorium on new projects along the Eastern Seaboard until a thorough investigation into a recent spate of whale deaths can rule out wind farm activity as the cause.
Since December 2022, at least 25 whales have been found dead along the New Jersey, New York shoreline. Whales have also washed ashore in Maryland and Virginia….