Save the East Coast

Some NIMBYs are advocating to push offshore wind development farther out to sea to protect their beach views. They claim this would be better for fishermen and whales—but that argument is both false and laughable. Whales don’t swim in neatly defined corridors. As our good friends at @CapeMayWhale often point out, “whales have tails, and they follow the bunker wherever they go.” Just as @NOAA and @BOEM relied on outdated models of whale activity when siting and granting leases to the offshore wind industry, some now suggest that whales—especially the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale—would swim in a narrow corridor closer to shore if the federal government simply designated that space off-limits to industry, fishing, shipping, and other activities. But these offshore sites have a much larger footprint. They require thousands of additional miles of cable to be plowed into the seabed, along with open-loop cooling systems that discharge 8.4 million gallons of water daily—each at 90°F and containing chlorine residuals. Fishermen are the ones who sustain local coastal communities and feed America. It’s not okay to push them aside. @Congressman_JVD @SaveJersey @fishstewardship @CaptMarciano

@njcoast_protect Oh, here they are!🤡 Environmentalists vow continued fight against natural gas pipeline through New Jersey mycentraljersey.com/story/news/loc…