{"id":349936,"date":"2024-11-02T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T16:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349936"},"modified":"2024-11-02T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T16:43:59","slug":"new-report-suggests-whale-psychiatrist-trump-may-be-right-about-wind-farms-and-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349936","title":{"rendered":"New Report Suggests \u201cWhale Psychiatrist\u201d Trump May be Right About Wind Farms and Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Legal Insurrection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Bureau of Ocean Management report says whales, dolphins, birds and bats can all be injured by wind turbine construction, and offshore fishing harmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by Leslie Eastman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Rogan\u2019s interview with President Donald Trump certainly covered a wide-range of topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While my colleague Mike LaChance discussed<\/a> the interview<\/a>, as the podcast touched upon the subject of whale deaths associated with offshore wind farm construction, I thought I would chime in here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have noted the spate of whale deaths recorded along the East Coast<\/a>. At one point, New Jersey Republicans<\/a> demanded that construction on offshore wind farm projects be halted for up to 60 days to see if it reduced the number of whales washing up dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moratorium did not go through. In fact, Federal authorities approved the construction of up to 195 wind turbines off New Jersey\u2019s coast in July of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, let\u2019s focus on \u201cDonald Trump, Whale Psychiatrist\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, here is what Trump said during the interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThey say the wind drives them mad. It\u2019s a vibration issue because those structures are as tall as 50-story buildings\u2026 The wind is howling, objects are moving, creating vibrations and noise. You know what I want to be? A whale psychiatrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The noise drives the whales absolutely nuts. They are being washed up on the beaches, but oddly, the environmentalists remain silent on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Trump has been an advocate for keeping America clean and healthy. He has not advocated for the anti-carbon push based on pseudoscience and the rush into green energy projects put forth by environmentalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump attacked environmental measures that he says harm the U.S. economy throughout the interview. By claiming that \u201ca cottage industry of environmentalists and lawyers\u201d thrives on fighting enterprises like fracking, he contended that environmental lobbying impedes economic progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said, \u201cClean air and water are important, but U.S. economic vitality is suffering,\u201d when Rogan questioned him about striking a balance between environmental effect and economic development.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officials saying they have found no evidence linking offshore wind turbines to whale deaths. Furthermore, Benjamin Laws from NOAA<\/a> Fisheries Office of Protected Resources stated, \u201cThere is no evidence indicating that any equipment utilized for offshore wind projects could directly cause whale deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has just released a new report that said whales, dolphins, birds and more can be exposed to \u201cunavoidable adverse impacts\u201d by the construction of offshore wind farms. The BOEM was required to conduct an impact assessment for six wind farm sites that were previously approved off New Jersey\/Long Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, in regards to whales, this is what the 620 page report listed <\/a>as \u201cpotential unavoidable harms\u201d during construction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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