Major environmental groups are partnering with foreign oil companies to industrialize New York's oceans.
Activist groups like the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are partnering with foreign energy companies like: Equinor and subsidiaries Total Energy Proliferate offshore wind projects in waters off the coast of New York. These national environmental groups support offshore wind as a carbon-free source of electricity generation, despite concerns from smaller environmental groups, fishermen, and coastal residents that the industry could cause significant ecological damage.
The Sierra Club, NRDC and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) have all steering committee for New York Offshore Wind Coalition The Norwegian Coastal Waters Alliance (NYOWA) is an association working to develop industry in Norway's coastal waters. The committee includes Equinor, the Norwegian national oil giant that develops renewable energy projects, and Mindful EnergyA subsidiary of the US branch of Total Energies, a major French oil and energy company. (Related: Report says one of Biden's favorite green industries will miss 2030 targets by years, despite billions of dollars in subsidies)
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In addition, The Nature Conservancy, New York Environmental Protection League, Riverkeeper, WE ACT For Environmental Justice, and other organizations are NYOWA's partner organizations. It is unclear when some of the partner organizations joined NYOWA, but the Sierra Club, NRDC, and NWF were listed as first members in the September 2016 report. press release Announcement of the launch of NYOWA.
“Fake environmentalists are teaming up with foreign energy companies to industrialize our oceans and destroy fishing communities,” Dustin Delano, chief operating officer of the New England Fisheries Management Association (NEFSA), told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Published, peer-reviewed studies show that wind farms could deplete haddock stocks, stunt lobster growth, increase sea surface temperatures and threaten the foundation of the marine food chain.”
NEFSA, which strongly opposes offshore wind development, four different Published the study Some research has shown that offshore wind can have real effects on marine life and ecosystems, with one paper suggesting that low-frequency noise from operating offshore wind farms could affect the behavior of Atlantic cod larvae. Environmental groups that support offshore wind argue that responsible offshore wind development is a key strategy for fighting the larger problem of climate change. (Related article: President Trump says offshore wind farms are 'killing more whales than I've ever seen in my life')
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Notably, the federal government Claimed There is no direct scientific evidence to prove a link between the long-running “abnormal mortality” phenomenon in two endangered baleen whale species that live off the East Coast and offshore wind development. Sierra Club It takes a similar stance on the question of whether offshore wind farms are harming whales.
But Apostolos Gerasoulis, a professor of computer science at Rutgers University, recently created and ran a complex computer model to analyze whale deaths along the East Coast over time, and in light of the continued increase in offshore wind-related activity along the East Coast that began around 2016. according to To the Main Wire. Gerasouris claims his model shows there is a link between offshore wind-related activity in the region and whale deaths.
“We know that the Sierra Club, NRDC and the National Wildlife Federation are promoting offshore wind projects developed by subsidiaries of European oil giants,” Dr. Lisa Quattrocchi Knight, president and co-founder of the environmental group Green Oceans, told DCNF. “NGOs support these projects, even though the government has acknowledged that the construction of Big Wind's giant offshore wind turbines will have no substantial impact on climate change. We also know that these projects will kill marine life, destroy the natural environment, hurt local industries like tourism, sailing and fishing, and lead to higher electricity bills for ordinary citizens. There is no doubt that offshore wind is one of the least energy-efficient and most expensive sources of electricity.”
In addition to fishermen and groups like Green Oceans, many local residents in towns along the Atlantic coast, including in New Jersey and Massachusetts, have also stood up in opposition to offshore wind power. according to Go to Utility Dive.
The Sierra Club, NRDC, NWF, The Nature Conservancy, New York League of Conservation Voters, Riverkeeper, WE ACT For Environmental Justice, Equinor, Attentive Energy and Total Energies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. NYOWA did not comment and referred inquiries to the specific companies and environmental groups that make up part of the DCNF's membership.
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