Defend Our Beaches New Jersey

Nonprofit group of citizen volunteers protecting Brigantine, Downbeach, and Atlantic County region from offshore wind turbine projects planned on our coast

[The UnderRhythm @justinalpertesq]

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[Defend Our Beaches New Jersey @DefendBrig]

Is the key to stopping offshore wind hiding in plain sight? https://t.co/lGmKqZg3Y6

[SaveLBI @saveLBIorg]

Shell's "Pause" on Atlantic Shores is NOT ENOUGH—The Fight to Stop Offshore Wind Continues!
An article appeared in https://t.co/VWbrd7cwsV with a headline that Shell has withdrawn from the Atlantic Shores project.  Unfortunately, that is not correct. The article text says they are just taking a pause in their investment for it and recording an accounting loss.

A pause is not good enough. They are to be expected given the new direction in federal policy. #SaveLBI is continuing its effort to have the prior project approvals overturned in court, the lease area itself canceled, and the right whale protected.

[Defend Our Beaches New Jersey @DefendBrig]

@ack4whales @saveLBIorg @SaveNARW @GreenOceansRI We haven’t heard from EDF Shell’s partner in Atlantic Shores so not officially officially dead… but hopefully dying as we speak

[SaveLBI @saveLBIorg]

2 BLADES BREAK OFF world's most powerful wind turbine. World’s Largest Wind Turbine Faces Multiple Blade Failures Just Months After Launch. The blades on the MySE18.X-20MW offshore model broke earlier this month, according to news reports. https://t.co/sMRN7188TO

[Lorraine Hernandez @HLori150]

But, wait. The government said there are no drones. They also said that the drones that don’t exist are not dangerous. They also said they don’t have the authority to shoot down the drones that don’t exist. And you need not be worried because you’re confusing the drones that don’t exist with manned aircraft because as you know , drones and manned aircraft look almost identical.

[One Bad Dude @OneBadDude_]

@CollinRugg The scariest part is our government is acting like it’s perfectly normal.
Their inaction speaks volumes.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

@OneBadDude_ They know exactly what they are and are playing dumb.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: NewsNation reporter says his entire view of the New Jersey drones has changed after he witnessed 50 of them flying from the ocean.

The drones are reportedly 8-10 feet wide and can’t be detected because they don’t give off heat.

“I gotta be honest here. You know when this story first came out a few weeks ago… I didn't pay it much credence.”

“The experience I had last night, however, changed the way I feel about this story completely.”

“What I saw was more sophisticated than I ever imagined.”

“We've been looking for the past hour. I think we've seen about 40 or 50 of these drones.”

“One of their officers called 911 after seeing 50 of them come off the ocean.”

[Windpower Monthly @windpower_m]

Share prices in major wind turbine manufacturers and project developers plunged on Wednesday morning as Donald Trump won the US presidential election #windpower #USAElection2024 https://t.co/NnuGCUSCT2

[Protect Our Coast NJ @njcoast_protect]

Why we fight

Dolphins and whales are extremely adept at navigating around fishing gear and ships—when their hearing is intact.

The offshore wind industry, @NOAA @BOEM and the @KamalaHarris @JoeBiden administration are lying when they claim that loud, industrial noise from the offshore wind industry isn’t adversely impacting marine mammals.

A DEAF WHALE IS A DEAD WHALE

Credit: Tony Butch

#EndangeredSpecies #Dolphins

@CaptMarciano @fishstewardship @CapeMayWhale @JrzyJoePiscopo @SaveJersey @saveLBIorg

[Save our Coast, Save our Property Rights @Saveourcoast24]

We have sold out of ocean and sovereignty to foreign multinationals. 1 million acres of pristine, beautiful ocean

Stop the destruction before it’s too late.
#saveourcoast

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[Mike Dean @mikerdean22]

Endless carnage. Map shows #whaledeaths in NY/NJ Bight since onset of #offshoredwind sonar activities here. NJ/NY Whale Strandings Dec 2022 - Present - https://t.co/jClMv1jS7V @mtkblb @shellenberger @LinowesLisa @saveLBIorg @DefendBrig @GreenOceansRI @ack4whales @TheStonesEG @davidshanker @RobertKennedyJr

[SaveLBI @saveLBIorg]

OOPS! DID WE FORGET THE GRID? Gina McCarthy, former EPA head, admits that integrating wind and solar energy into the grid has proven more difficult than anticipated, with grid stability and transmission permitting posing major obstacles. https://t.co/W7BByvEynU

[Bonnie Brady @mtkblb]

NOAA report sends mixed message on wind power and risk to whales by @willsennott

Federal agencies have reauthorized a controversial permit for Vineyard Wind’s final phase of construction, allowing the wind farm developer to continue pile driving with some impact on endangered whale species. 

The permit allows Vineyard Wind to finish pile-driving the foundations for its wind turbines in proximity to whales. It does not declare that the industry will not harm whales. It calls it “extremely unlikely” that it will hurt any North Atlantic right whales. But it says a small number of whales of other species may experience temporary to permanent hearing impairment as a result of the noise from pile-driving.

Under the new authorization, Vineyard Wind may injure one fin whale, two humpback whales, one minke whale, one sei whale and one harbor seal under “Level A Harassment.”

It may disturb seven right whales, six fin whales, four humpback whales, 28 minke whales, two sei whales, two sperm whales, as well as hundreds of dolphins and seals in total from various species, under “Level B Harassment.”

“Our analysis determined that pile driving is likely to adversely affect [marine mammals] … and cause behavioral response, and stress in a small number of individual North Atlantic right, fin, sei, and sperm whales,” NOAA wrote in its opinion.

“Pile driving is also likely to result in [permanent auditory injury] in five fin***and two sei*** whales.”
***my asterisks- Those are endangered whales***
#DeafWhaleMeansSoonToBeDeadWhale
#WhenDidSaveTheWhalesMeanDeafenTheWhales #WowIWonderWhyAllThoseShipStrikesHaveHappened 😵‍�� @RobertKennedyJr @realDonaldTrump @KamalaHarris
#SaveOurShores
#SaveOurSeas
#SaveTheWhales
#SaveOurCoastalCommunities
#StopOffshoreWindNow

https://t.co/NnveiUYT20

[david shanker @davidshanker]

19,300 x 357 (the # of platforms to be built off of @LongBeachIsland) = 6.8 million sonic blows that WILL impact the hearing of marine mammals.
Why does @BOEM and @NOAA support this? @DefendBrig @CleanOcean @ack4whales @Congressman_JVD @Jack4NJ @springsteen @jonbonjovi @KelseyGrammer @SenBooker @GinaRaimondo @missbelmar @mtkblb @LongBeachTwp

[Robert Rand @robertwrand]

WIND TURBINE NOISE POLLUTION
NOT CLEAN, NOT GREEN, NOT EVER

ATLANTIC CITY and BRIGANTINE - INTRUSIVE NOISE

Intrusive low frequency noise levels from Atlantic Shores 200 offshore turbines have been estimated for indoors spaces onshore. Using the Swedish noise propagation model for wind turbines over water, and wind industry noise reduction coefficients, average low-frequency indoors noise levels exceed 30 dB,Lpa,LF in Atlantic City and Brigantine. Pulsatile fluctuations can exceed 6 to 11 dB over the averages. How do we know? The wind industry measured fluctuations in a large study funded by Massachusetts, and submitted the data in a legal filing in Michigan. Fluctuations also documented at multiple locations including on Nantucket where the local school installed a 100KW turbine resulting in complaints and appeals to stop the noise within 1000 feet of the school. Charts below show the pulsatile Lpa,LF low frequency intrusive noise measured in a neighbor's home in 2012, where the neighbor was seeking relief from the excessive noise and resulting sleep deprivation and loss of amenity.

The Atlantic Shores consultants have not provided any assessment of intrusive wind turbine noise arriving onshore.

Are Atlantic City hotels prepared?

cc @saveLBIorg @RepVanDrewStaff

[SaveLBI @saveLBIorg]

Noise will be audible on shore because sound can travel much more over water. #NoForeverTurbines

[SaveLBI @saveLBIorg]

470 whales dead from beginning of offshore wind activities! 🐋🔊 How much more wildlife must suffer before action is taken? #SaveTheWhales

[Robert Rand @robertwrand]

Offshore wind turbines have no noise limits. None. Tip speeds run well over 200 miles per hour.