{"id":245701,"date":"2023-02-26T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245701"},"modified":"2023-02-26T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:55:12","slug":"gabby-hoffman-talks-right-whale-deaths-and-big-wind-on-105-9-wmal-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245701","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Hoffman talks right whale deaths and \u201cBig Wind\u201d on 105.9 WMAL radio"},"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=\"245702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=245702\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.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-834\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.png?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.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\">From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CFACT\u2019s Gabriella Hoffman was interviewed on \u201cO\u2019Conner and Company,\u201d a talk show on 105.9 WMAL DC radio regarding recent whale deaths and whether they are being caused by wind turbine construction work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore and more people are drawing a connection \u2013 just this past weekend there was a Bloomberg headline that said the $100 billion wind industry is going to hurt the whales,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cSo more and more people are coming around to this idea that something is affecting these whales. &nbsp;Something is causing them to interact with vessels and they\u2019re having more conflicts with boats at a more unseemly rate than usual and they\u2019re washing up dead ashore, and more and more people believe it\u2019s the underwater geotechnical surveys that are being done to survey underwater to see if its feasible to install these wind turbines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/oconnor-and-company\/02-20-23-hour-2-6-am-desantis-gabriella-hoffman-fa\">Listen to the full segment here<\/a>. Hoffman\u2019s interview starts at approximately the 20:30 mark.<\/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=\"02.20.23: [Hour 2 \/ 6 AM]: DeSantis, Gabriella Hoffman, Facebook to Add Verified Subscriptions\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/oconnor-and-company\/02-20-23-hour-2-6-am-desantis-gabriella-hoffman-fa\/embed?t=0s#?secret=KubpIPbYVf\" data-secret=\"KubpIPbYVf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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=\"CFACT\"><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMore and more people are drawing a connection \u2013 just this past weekend there was a Bloomberg headline that said the $100 billion wind industry is going to hurt the whales,\u201d Hoffman said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":245702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-834.png?fit=923%2C519&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-11UV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":281969,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281969","url_meta":{"origin":245701,"position":0},"title":"VIDEO: Save the whales from ocean industrialization","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From\u00a0CFACT By\u00a0Gabriella Hoffman In Episode 15 of \u201cConservation Nation,\u201d host\u00a0@GabriellaHoffman\u00a0travels to New England and the Jersey Shore to find out if ocean industrialization \u2013 namely offshore wind energy development \u2013 is imperiling marine life including endangered North Atlantic right whales. 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