{"id":223505,"date":"2022-10-12T20:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=223505"},"modified":"2022-10-12T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:04:37","slug":"collister-johnson-on-joe-thomas-in-the-morning-shreds-dominions-wind-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=223505","title":{"rendered":"Collister Johnson on \u201cJoe Thomas in the Morning\u201d shreds Dominion\u2019s wind project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"223507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=223507\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?fit=923%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"923,519\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-561\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-561.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collister \u201cTerry\u201d Johnson, Jr., who sits on CFACT\u2019s Board of Advisors, was invited on the \u201cJoe Thomas in the Morning\u201d show on&nbsp;WCHV \u2013 Charlottesville and&nbsp;WRAD \u2013 New River Valley, VA to discuss the plight of the right whale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominion Energy\u2019s proposed offshore Virginia wind project will be located right in the middle of the endangered whales\u2019 migratory path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re an endangered species, there\u2019s only a little over 300 of them left,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThey\u2019re on the endangered species list federally, endangered species list in Virginia. And of course, what the problem is going to be is if you have this giant \u2013 it\u2019s not a wind farm, it\u2019s a wind factory \u2013 off the coast of Virginia where they migrate, you\u2019re gonna have ships running back and forth to maintain these giant facilities with the turbines. They\u2019re gonna be over 700 feet in height; the blades themselves are gonna be longer than a football field. And the right whale is right in the middle of all this and they\u2019re very much gonna be in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the segment in full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/joe-thomas-in-the-morning\/100422-107wchv-more-un-eco-friendly-green-energy-p\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"100422 @107wchv More Un-Eco-Friendly Green Energy Plans!\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/joe-thomas-in-the-morning\/100422-107wchv-more-un-eco-friendly-green-energy-p\/embed#?secret=qicziNOPV5\" data-secret=\"qicziNOPV5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"160\" width=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cfactlogotall.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cfact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cfactlogotall.png?resize=160%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/cfact\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CFACT, founded in 1985 by Craig Rucker and the late (truly great) David Rothbard, examines the relationship between human freedom, and issues of energy, environment, climate, economics, civil rights and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">The post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/10\/12\/collister-johnson-on-joe-thomas-in-the-morning-shreds-dominions-wind-project\/\">Collister Johnson on \u201cJoe Thomas in the Morning\u201d shreds Dominion\u2019s wind project<\/a>\u00a0appeared first on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/\">CFACT<\/a>.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via<strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\"> CFACT<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/4J51ql0\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/4J51ql0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 12, 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re gonna be over 700 feet in height; the blades themselves are gonna be longer than a football field. 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