Offshore Wind and Right Whales Can Coexist. Here’s How.
Seven guidelines for how North Atlantic right whales and offshore wind can share the sea as safely as possible.
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Seven guidelines for how North Atlantic right whales and offshore wind can share the sea as safely as possible.
The Salem Harbor site where a coal-fired power plant once stood is slated to become a clean energy offshore wind port terminal in 2026, launching New England definitively into a clean energy future.
CLF Calls Move a Significant Step in Offshore Wind Development.
CLF is fighting to ensure vital offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine are responsible and equitable.
“The designation of a Final Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine is a major step in the transition of our energy economy from dirty fossil fuels to clean wind energy,” said Kate Sinding Daly, Senior Vice President of Law and Policy.
Climate deniers and fossil fuel interests are quietly fueling an anti-offshore wind misinformation campaign
“Offshore wind energy is essential to Maine’s future,” said Sean Mahoney, Vice President of CLF Maine. “Offshore wind will grow our economy and help us meet our obligations to ditch polluting fossil fuels. It’s critical that this process is now moving forward and we’re one step closer to getting this clean energy on the grid.”
Don’t believe the disinformation. We can develop offshore wind and meet our renewable energy goals while protecting the marine environment.
“This is a historic moment that’s been years in the making,” said CLF President Bradley Campbell. “It’s proof positive that New England’s transition away from polluting fossil fuels and towards clean, renewable energy is underway in earnest. We must now quadruple the rate of clean energy deployment, and New England is where it can be done responsibly.”
By providing our country with clean, renewable energy, those tiny lines on the far horizon mean thousands of families won’t face the sickness and shortened lives that are required to produce fossil fuel energy.