Humpback whale washes up on the Jersey shore. (Credit: NJ.com)
Posted on 03/04/2023 5:23:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Humpback whale washes up on the Jersey shore. (Credit: NJ.com)
Last month, RedState reported on the spate of dead whales washing up on beaches in New York and New Jersey. The pace has not slowed, and there now have been 25 reported deaths of the huge animals just since the beginning of December 2022.
Many blame the construction of massive offshore wind turbines, but the federal government insists there’s no connection, with the Marine Mammal Commission, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), and the National Ocean Atmospheric Association (NOAA) rejecting the claims.
1990 – liberals – "SAVE THE WHALES!"
2023 – liberals – "KILL THE WHALES!"
https://t.co/4qXWtLeqDT— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) March 3, 2023
However, a scientist in Biden’s own administration disagrees. Per Fox Business:
In May 2022, a top NOAA scientist, Sean Hayes, warned of the effects that offshore wind could have on whales, specifically right whales.
Hayes, NOAA’s chief of protected species, wrote the memo addressed to a dozen scientists at NOAA and to the BOEM’s lead biologist Brian Hooker, saying in part, that “the development of offshore wind poses risks to these species [whales]” and that “these risks occur at varying stages, including construction and development, and include increased noise, vessel traffic, habitat modifications, water withdrawals associated with certain substations.”
Hayes also stated that the turbine’s effects “cannot be mitigated for the 30-year lifespan of the project, unless they are decommissioned.”
The report seems to have been largely ignored by the administration. However, mayors, lawmakers, and conservation groups have called for a moratorium on the projects until more study has been done.
Two more whales washed up dead along the East Coast in the last week.
Rep. Chris Smith is calling for an investigation into the impact and viability of proposed wind farms.
pic.twitter.com/FZw6gP0CZP— Antonio Sabato Jr (@AntonioSabatoJr) March 1, 2023
Necropsies on the huge beasts show that at least some of them have died as a result of being hit by ships. However, activists contend that the construction noise is confusing the whale’s echolocation systems, and the invasion of their habitat is forcing them to new areas where large ships are more numerous.
NJ beaches have become a grave yard for humpback whales. Where are the environmentalists? No outrage. No protests against a Democrat led Government backing offshore windmills. The hypocrisy is deafening. 14 dead whales and counting. Resign or do something @GovMurphy
pic.twitter.com/Ej0IPU7fFE— Steve Gray (@SteveGrayNJ4) March 3, 2023
Last week I wrote about the bizarre sight of climate celebrity Greta Thunberg chaining herself to the entrance of the Norway Ministry of Energy to protest wind turbine farms there. What’s a green energy activist doing protesting a green energy project? Turns out the reindeer-herding Indigenous Sami think that the sight and sound of 151 huge turbines scare the reindeer and mess up their migration patterns.
It’s becoming more and more apparent that green energy has an environmental cost too. Take lithium batteries, for instance: they power everything from Teslas to cellphones. A main component of these batteries, however, is cobalt, most of which is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and unearthed by what many claim is slave labor.
Remember in the mid-2000s when Greenpeace activists would attack and harass Japanese whaling boats? So far, they have not shown up along the shores of New York or New Jersey to protest the whale deaths regularly occurring on their shores. Must not fit the narrative.
Here’s one of the most recent beachings:
The main takeaway from the dead whales on the East Coast, the heinous conditions in the Congo cobalt mines, and the traumatized reindeer in Norway? Green energy is not so easy.
The commie creed: never let the truth get in the way of the agenda.
Oh no, did Rosie or Whoppie wash up on shore???!
Green energy is a killer of wildlife in the ocean and on land. End it now!
No. These are good looking healthy whales that were killed by the green energy BS.
I thought that for decades, “experts” told us that whales communicated by high-pitched sounds (or something such as that). Is the sound of the wind turbines confusing them and making them unable to communicate their location or pick up on the sounds that indicate to them they are too close to land, etc?
I know actually nothing about whales, but am just going on vague memories of what I’ve read in the past.
Blue fish special..... MMMMM
Whales are auditory creatures, and the wind farm developers use machine gun sonar to map the sea bottom. It totally disorients the whales and may cause internal neurological damage to their sensory systems.
Could they have been vaxxed & boosted?
That would certainly explain the whales’ sudden death syndrome...
All kidding aside it is truly sad. These great animals are being sacrificed at the alter of Marxist Deity of Green Energy.
Weren’t the windmills supposedly being done for the benefit of the earth?
Remember when liberals wanted to save the whales? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Yes, it would be interesting if Greenpeace showed up and started attacking the towers. I bet the Regime would deal with them very harshly.
No sacrifice is to great for Gaia.
“Save the bees, save the trees, save the whales, save those snails.” - George Carlin
You know in the days before electricity, whales were an important source of energy. There were whale hunts where fishermen used harpoons to injure and eventually kill the whales.
President Joe Biden and his green eco-warriors have found a quicker way to kill whales. They have permitted wind farms, disrupting the whales sonar capabilities, driving them to their their death.
It is important to watch what the Biden Administration does, not what they say. Their actions are different from their words.
This is much more efficient than nuking the whales. Now if only the environmentalists can find an efficient method to take out baby seals
Save the Whales - this time for real.
all the “Save the Whales” environuts are silent right now- all of a sudden whale lives don’t matter anymore-
Libtard destruction of the earth
They have to be stopped before there’s nothing left to save
They should blow up the dead whales!!
Exploding Whale 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPuaSY0cMK8
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