Offshore Wind Farms Kill Whales and a New Jersey Scientist Says He Has the Proof

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Long Beach Island, NJ – It started with a string of dead whales washing ashore along the New Jersey coastline—and now, a local advocacy group says it has evidence linking those deaths to offshore wind energy development.

Save Long Beach Island, Inc., led by engineer and former federal energy official Dr. Bob Stern, has released a report claiming that offshore wind activities—including seabed surveys, pile driving, and the noise from turbine operation—pose a serious and direct threat to whales, particularly the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

The group is calling into question the long-standing assurances from federal agencies and wind developers that there is “no evidence” connecting offshore wind activity to marine mammal fatalities. In a detailed…