Offshore Wind Opponents Refer to Study Claiming Projects Cause Harm to Whales

As we all know, a green agenda is a big part of the Democrat Party’s platform, to the point of wanting to end fossil fuel altogether.

A big part of any plan would include massive offshore wind farms, which are now coming under fire.

In 2023, wind farm contractors admitted their projects were harmful to whales, and now a more recent report from a government agency has confirmed this.

Hurting the Whales

The newly released report from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was not good news for wind power enthusiasts.

The report confirmed that the noise from the projects could “harm fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and birds, resulting in habitat displacement and disruptions to migratory patterns.”

Donald Trump mentioned this during his interview with Joe Rogan, but he was mistaken about why these projects harm marine life.

Trump said the vibrations from the windmills drive whales “crazy,” but that is not accurate (why Trump is not given better information is beyond me).

Most experts agree that the damage done is during construction and from vessel activity in the area.

Regardless, if these projects move forward, there will be irreparable harm done to the marine life in the vicinity of the projects.

Robert Rand, founder of the acoustics consultancy company Rand Acoustics, explained, stating, “Any concession by federal agencies that they are injuring marine species is both a step in the right direction and also damning to the agencies charged with implementing the MMPA [Marine Mammal Protection Act] and ESA [Endangered Species Act].”

Backers of the projects are pointing to the studies not confirming that any marine life would actually be killed.

Dr. David Wojick, senior policy advisor for a Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, responded, “Notice that this doesn’t say that any whale has actually been killed, and that’s important. They still claim there’s no evidence that the whales are being killed.”

What the studies do say, however, is that the whales could be left deaf, and when you consider how important their hearing is to their navigation skills, this is as close as you can get to killing the whales without actually taking their lives.

The true irony in all of this is that you now have environmentalists using semantics to justify the projects rather than admitting they are actually causing harm.