{"id":1911084,"date":"2023-04-07T02:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T06:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-lawmakers-call-for-halt-to-offshore-wind-project-seek-probe-of-whale-deaths\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T02:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T06:15:53","slug":"new-jersey-lawmakers-call-for-halt-to-offshore-wind-project-seek-probe-of-whale-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-lawmakers-call-for-halt-to-offshore-wind-project-seek-probe-of-whale-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Lawmakers Call for Halt to Offshore Wind Project, Seek Probe of Whale Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jersey-lawmakers-call-for-halt-to-offshore-wind-project-seek-probe-of-whale-deaths%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0406\/39c5d5da-4a38-4fc3-9695-af3ff22568e0\/audio.mp3?length=2599821&#038;duration=217\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A group of county, state, and federal officials from New Jersey are calling for a halt to offshore wind turbine work and launching an independent investigation into the growing number of dead whales and dolphins washing up on the state\u2019s beaches.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch, New Jersey, on April 5, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said: \u201cThe whales are the canaries in the coal mine they\u2019re telling us something we all need to listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) are sponsoring a bill calling for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) probe into the deaths. Government scientists have seemed to be oblivious to why the animals are dying, Smith said, and he questioned whether that was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very well-hidden initiative by our governor and President Joe Biden,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Van Drew\u2019s bill coincides with legislation proposed by two New Jersey state Assembly members.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Resolution 181 urges a moratorium on sonar surveys and wind turbine mapping off the state\u2019s coast and is introduced by Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger and Assemblywoman Vicky Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>Scharfenberger told reporters that an investigation must be conducted by \u201cparties with no connection to any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3367068\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/27\/whale-1200x814.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Humpback whales can reach a length of 40 to 50 feet. In the Atlantic, females migrate to give birth in the Caribbean and then move north to feeding areas along New England and Canada. (Ethan Daniels\/Shutterstock)<\/figure>\n<p>County Commission Director Thomas Arnone stated that Monmouth County officials have approved a resolution calling for an investigation. He said commissioners are required to safeguard public assets like the oceanfront Seven Presidents Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our job to protect this. It\u2019s a simple equation, just stop, investigate, and tell us why,\u201d Arnone said.<\/p>\n<p>The wind turbine work has produced controversy on both coasts, with dead marine mammals, complaints from the commercial fishing industry, and coastal communities voicing concerns over the possible effects on tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists and officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have persistently claimed that there is no evidence that the work harms marine life. On April 4, the federal agency released a report admitting that a project planned to be built off the southern New Jersey coast could \u201cadversely affect\u201d whales and other marine mammals but rejected the notion that it could seriously harm or kill them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4125214\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/11\/26\/AdobeStock_376229968cropped--1200x675.jpeg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Offshore wind farm. (Photocreo Bednarek\/Adobe Stock)<\/figure>\n<p>Smith told the media that \u201cadverse effect\u201d indicates \u201cserious, serious harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see even more whales washing up on our shores as time goes on, and we need to know why,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of elected county, state, and federal officials in New Jersey are seeking a halt to offshore wind turbine work, along with an independent investigation into why dead whales and dolphins have been washing up on the state\u2019s beaches. \u201cThe whales are the canaries in the coal mine; they\u2019re telling us something we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1615,"featured_media":1911085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4498,10485,10340,3673,16796,4083,4146,4165,8618,6784],"class_list":["post-1911084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-deaths","tag-halt","tag-jersey","tag-lawmakers","tag-offshore","tag-probe","tag-project","tag-seek","tag-whale","tag-wind"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}