City mayors and state and local lawmakers are calling for a temporary pause in ocean-floor work after an eighth dead whale washed ashore in New Jersey this week, reigniting the debate about the impact of offshore wind-farm development on marine life.
The mayors are calling for an immediate halt to plans to build dozens of offshore wind turbines.
“We are concerned about the impacts these [offshore wind] projects may already be having on our environment,” the mayors stated in a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
But NOAA says the deaths are not related to the wind turbines….