Thirty mayors representing communities along the New Jersey coast are calling for an immediate moratorium on offshore wind development in response to a spate of whale deaths.
Meghan Lapp of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries discusses an alarming uptick in whale deaths allegedly caused by offshore wind energy projects.
A coalition of 30 mayors representing communities along the New Jersey coast are calling on federal lawmakers and officials toThe mayors, who collectively represent 359,168 residents and communities with beaches that welcome millions of visitors, requested that federal and state agencies conduct a comprehensive analysis of theand surveying equipment may have on marine wildlife. They argued such development should only continue if it is conclusively proven to not harm wildlife.
"The 30 undersigned mayors of New Jersey coastal communities stand united in their concern about the unprecedented number of whales that have washed ashore recently and call for an immediate moratorium on all offshore wind activities until an investigation is held by federal and state agencies that confidently determines these activities are not a contributing factor in the recent whale deaths," they wrote in a letter Tuesday.
"While we are not opposed to clean energy, we are concerned about the impacts these projects may already be having on our environment," they continued."We again urge you to take action now to prevent future deaths from needlessly occurring on our shorelines." A dead humpback whale lies in the surf in Brigantine, New Jersey, in January. Brigantine Mayor Vincent Sera was among those who signed the letter Tuesday.
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