Originally posted at CFACT. David Wojick, Ph.D. Despite public proclamations of innocence, it turns out BOEM and NOAA clearly acknowledge the deadly threat of offshore wind development to marine mammals.
These are the Draft Environmental Impact Statements that precede each offshore wind project.
They are jointly prepared by BOEM and NOAA. The key is that the overall project EIS includes the EIS for NOAA's harassment authorizations for the construction of that project.
As we have, that having multiple projects increases these risks.
Driving the enormous piles for the proposed wind projects is estimated to create sounds around 190 decibels, which is painfully loud in humans.
This is especially true when, as just happened, a dozen different projects are given simultaneous authorization to acoustically harass large numbers of whales.
NOAA and BOEM's repeated insistence that there is no evidence offshore wind development is killing whales is clearly contradicted by their own Environmental Impact Statements.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/01/feds-admit-offshore-wind-can-kill-whales/
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