New Jersey residents sue over offshore wind farm leases
A group of New Jersey residents have sued the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to seek the reversal of its March decision to pursue the development of an area of ocean 30 miles off the coast of New Jersey for wind turbines. Community group Save Long Beach Island accused BOEM in Washington, D.C., federal court Monday of failing to prepare an in-depth report on potential environmental impacts of selecting 800,000 acres of the New York Bight to lease to developers that would install wind turbines. The group also says that the development could further imperil the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. >click to read< 19:35
The preliminary soundings before construction of the wind farm’s has already led to the death of marine mammals. Marine mammals use the natural magnetic fields of the earth to help them navigate. They also use their own natural sonar. The soundings have disturbed their ability to do this, and possibly confused them. This has impaired the marine mammals ability to avoid being struck by vessels. Therefore we have a high number of marine mammals being struck. This is not only good scientific analysis , but common sense.