Whale deaths aside, here’s why New Jersey’s offshore wind farm is still controverial

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – While New Jersey politicians fight over whether or not sonar mapping of the ocean floor off the coast of New Jersey is impacting marine mammals, the ongoing project…

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Massive Offshore Wind Project Gets Getting Permission To Kill 20 Endangered Whales

Nick Pope on June 9, 2023 A large offshore wind farm development project is underway off the Massachusetts coast after the project’s developer received 20 “take” permits for the endangered right whale…

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Durr: Attributing the Deaths of Whales Disoriented by Wind Survey Work to Ship Strikes Is Disingenuous

Sen. Ed Durr issued the following response after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) determined that the deaths of two humpback whales were caused by vessel strikes off the coast of…

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Wind farms over Whales; GOP cries Foul Over Dem Run Wind Energy Hearing

TRENTON, NJ – Senator Anthony M. Bucco criticized the hearing conducted by Trenton Democrats on marine mammal deaths for lacking critical perspectives and being one-sided. He also accused Democrats of silencing opposition…

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Bucco Chides Trenton Democrats for Unbalanced Hearing on Whale & Dolphin Deaths

Sen. Tony Bucco criticized Trenton Democrats’ hearing on marine mammal deaths today as a one-sided conversation devoid of critical perspectives.…

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Bucco Says Democrats Can “No Longer Ignore” Whale Deaths

Sen. Bucco issued a response after Assembly Democrats announced that they will be holding a hearing to discuss marine mammal deaths in New Jersey.…

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Cute moment caught on camera as grey seal released back into the ocean waits for partner

SANDY HOOK, NJ – A heartwarming scene was captured during the release of two grey seals last Friday, as a female seal from Seaside Heights seemed to wait for her companion, male…

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Environmental group sues to stop wind farm mapping off Jersey coast

Nino Cambria on April 5, 2023 Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI) is suing the National Marine Fisheries Services, also known as NOAA Fisheries, to stop their vessel survey sites that collect…

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Congressman slams Biden, Murphy for ‘shoddy’ offshore wind farm strategy in New Jersey

TOMS RIVER, NJ – U.S. Congressman Chris Smith attended a hearing on offshore windarms in New Jersey and slammed President Joe Biden and Governor Phil Murphy over what he called the harmful…

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‘We Have No Idea What Any Of That Means’: Tucker Carlson Rips Biden’s Off-Script Remarks On Xi Jinping During SOTU

‘We Have No Idea What Any Of That Means’: Tucker Carlson Rips Biden’s Off-Script Remarks On Xi Jinping During SOTU Harold Hutchison on February 8, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson blasted…

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CBP Discovers Dolphin Skull in Baggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

ROMULUS, Mich. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport discovered something fishy during inspections of unaccompanied international baggage last week. The luggage had been inadvertently separated…

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Southern Shore Lawmakers Say Unprecedented Whale Deaths Warrant Suspension of Offshore Wind Projects

Sen. Michael Testa, Asm. Erik Simonsen, and Asm. Antwan McClellan are intensifying calls to suspend offshore wind projects following an unprecedented number of whale deaths along the coasts of New Jersey and…

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South Jersey lawmakers claim whale deaths linked to Murphy’s massive offshore wind project

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Republican leaders are once again calling for Governor Phil Murphy and Democrats to start worrying about saving the whales and putting a massive offshore wind turbine farm on…

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Feds say offshore wind project is not cause of surge in dead whales at the Jersey Shore

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is rejecting local environmentalists and political concerns that a massive wind farm project off the coast of the Jersey Shore has anything…

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Humpback whale in Brigantine. Photo by MMSC

Brigantine humpback whale likely struck by boat

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said preliminary results from a necropsy performed on a dead humpback whale that washed ashore in Brigantine likely died from being struck by a boat. The MMSC…

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Jersey Shore mayor says Murphy offshore wind farm is hot air by funded by political lackeys

POINT PLEASANT, NJ – Massive wind turbine farms just 15 miles off the coast of the Jersey Shore planned by Governor Phil Murphy encompass an area from Cape May to the Barnegat…

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Biden Admin Puts Off Correcting Math Mistake Stalling Offshore Drilling, Industry Group Alleges

Biden Admin Puts Off Correcting Math Mistake Stalling Offshore Drilling, Industry Group Alleges Jack McEvoy on October 18, 2022 The Biden administration has not yet corrected a previous miscalculation that is…

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Mammal Stranding Center Investigating Dolphin that Washed Ashore in Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ – The body of a male bottlenose dolphin was found on the beach in Ocean City and now the Marine Mammal Stranding Center is trying to determine why. The…

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Seals at the Jersey Shore are showing up painted pink, here’s why

BRIGANTINE, NJ – If you take a trip to the beach this time of year, you have a very good chance of spotting a seal swimming in the ocean or lounging on…

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Who is spray painting pink numbers on seals at the Jersey Shore and what does it mean?

BRIGANTINE, NJ – If you take a trip to the beach this time of year, you have a very good chance of spotting a seal swimming in the ocean or lounging on…

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Whale deaths aside, here’s why New Jersey’s offshore wind farm is still controverial

Durr: Attributing the Deaths of Whales Disoriented by Wind Survey Work to Ship Strikes Is Disingenuous

Wind farms over Whales; GOP cries Foul Over Dem Run Wind Energy Hearing

Bucco Chides Trenton Democrats for Unbalanced Hearing on Whale & Dolphin Deaths

Bucco Says Democrats Can “No Longer Ignore” Whale Deaths

Environmental group sues to stop wind farm mapping off Jersey coast

Congressman slams Biden, Murphy for ‘shoddy’ offshore wind farm strategy in New Jersey

CBP Discovers Dolphin Skull in Baggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Southern Shore Lawmakers Say Unprecedented Whale Deaths Warrant Suspension of Offshore Wind Projects

South Jersey lawmakers claim whale deaths linked to Murphy’s massive offshore wind project

Feds say offshore wind project is not cause of surge in dead whales at the Jersey Shore

Brigantine humpback whale likely struck by boat

Jersey Shore mayor says Murphy offshore wind farm is hot air by funded by political lackeys

Biden Admin Puts Off Correcting Math Mistake Stalling Offshore Drilling, Industry Group Alleges

Mammal Stranding Center Investigating Dolphin that Washed Ashore in Ocean City

Seals at the Jersey Shore are showing up painted pink, here’s why

Who is spray painting pink numbers on seals at the Jersey Shore and what does it mean?

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