Saturday, July 27, 2024

Documents show citizens' concerns ignored as Biden administration moves forward with offshore wind

The debris came from the Vineyard Wind, which in January became the second offshore wind project in the U.S. to deliver power.

Attorneys representing the interests of Rhode Island towns and historic preservation societies impacted by the South Fork Wind project sent a 21-page letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management criticizing the DOI's failure to address the concerns of Tribal leaders as required by law.

"Operational noise" Concerning the debris covering the Nantucket beach from the Vineyard Wind farm, Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, which own the project, issued a statement saying that a blade became detached from a turbine and crews are continuing cleanup efforts.

Various groups have raised concerns that the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, which is a baleen whale, may be driven to extinction as a result of the impacts of Biden's offshore wind projects.

Save LBI works to save Long Beach Island from what they say are the destructive impacts of the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind project and others, Stern said that they've communicated to BOEM through many commenting opportunities about the research they've done into the cumulative impact of multiple projects off the shores of New Jersey.

During the permitting process for Vineyard Wind in 2022, the DOI delivered to the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is charged with assessing the impacts of offshore projects on sea life, the construction and operation plan for the project just four days before the construction was to start.

Chamberlain pointed out that while the wind industry has been around for a while, these enormous offshore wind projects have never been done along the U.S. East Coast. 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/documents-show-concerns-ignored-biden-administration-charges-forward

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