TOMS RIVER, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has repeatedly stuck to his guns, saying the increase in whale deaths at the Jersey Shore is not related to a massive wind farm project he supports but an overall increase in whale deaths spanning two decades.
Murphy has even called those who want to halt his massive Atlantic Ocean wind farm project as spreaders of disinformation.
Today, Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill and the township council announced they would be calling for a pause in the massive wind farm being pushed by Murphy off the coast of the Jersey Shore.
The council will sign a resolution calling for a pause in the project until scientists can figure out exactly what is killing the whales.
Yesterday, social media sites in New Jersey lit up after citizen investigators discovered a UK company owned by Murphy named JECS Limited shares the same name with a UK-based firm JECS Offshore that does work for Orsted, the company awarded a contract to build wind turbines off the coast in New Jersey.
At this time, it is unknown if Murphy’s JECS Limited is connected to JECS Offshore, a company that provides the offshore wind industry with construction safety equipment and services.
The name JECS is suspected to be an anacronym for Murphy’s children Josh, Emma, Sam and Charlie (JECS).
JECS limited is the owner of record for Murphy’s $7 million Italian Villa.
Murphy has rejected all calls to halt the off-shore wind farm temporarily.
Toms River joins the growing chorus of shore towns and mayors calling for an investigation into unusual whale die off at the Jersey Shore since December when Orsted began using sonar buoys to survey the Ocean floor off the Jersey Shore.
The call from Toms River was announced after a whale washed up on the beach in Seaside Park on Wednesday, the thirteenth confirmed dead whale in the area since December 1st.