Daily News | Opponents of N.J. wind farms say whale deaths should put project on pause for further studies
WILDWOOD, N.J. — They arrived at the beachfront parking lot early, holding up signs that showed burning wind turbines, sad whales, and caricatures of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
, which accused the former longtime Democrat of abandoning constituents and flip-flopping “in order to align himself with MAGA Republicans and their friends in the fossil fuel industry.”The 400-plus people inside the convention center Thursday afternoon treated Van Drew, a Republican who represents Atlantic and Cape May Counties, like a rock star, giving him a standing ovation as he took the stage.
Invited speakers included seafood-industry executives and liaisons, who said wind farms would decimate harvests, and Michael J. Donohue, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge and Speaker Cindy Zipf, director of Clean Ocean Action in New Jersey, said there have been plenty of denials but no investigations. Zipf and other speakers and attendees believe the project should be put on pause until those investigations could be completed.Gov. Murphy began pushing for wind energy soon after taking office in 2018.
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