{"id":365182,"date":"2025-02-06T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365182"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:32:07","slug":"whales-and-offshore-wind-trump-time-wojick-has-built-a-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365182","title":{"rendered":"Whales and Offshore Wind: Trump Time (Wojick has built a case)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"365186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365186\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" 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=\"0whale-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0whale-1.jpg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/offshore-windpower-issues\/whales-and-offshore-wind\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany of these 41 CFACT articles were sent to key NOAA whale protection people when published over a period of 2.5 years. All have been carefully ignored, an ongoing deception. Trump has promised action.\u201d ( \u2013 David Wojick, CFACT)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The all-of-government approach to climate by Podesta-Biden-Harris covers the science agencies too. Climate hype, all the time, as well as nonstop cheerleading toward politically correct, economically incorrect government-enabled energies. It is now time for reversal, including with environmental issues concerning dilute, intermittent, fragile, and invasive wind and solar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Wojick, Ph.D., senior advisor to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfact.org\/about\/\">Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow<\/a>&nbsp;(CFACT),&nbsp;<strong>[1]<\/strong>&nbsp;has chronicled the whale death\/offshore wind connection since the issue arose in mid-2022. His \u201cNew Year\u2019s retrospective\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/30\/my-41-wind-threatens-whales-articles-track-federal-deception\/\">provides<\/a>&nbsp;a listing of this work. He begins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of these 41 CFACT articles were sent to key NOAA whale protection people when published over a period of 2.5 years. All have been carefully ignored, an ongoing deception. Trump has promised action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong>&nbsp;Capping marine mammal harassment constrains offshore wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/09\/capping-marine-mamma-harassment-constrains-offshore-wind\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/09\/capping-marine-mamma-harassment-constrains-offshore-wind<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.&nbsp;<\/strong>The California offshore wind environmental impact statement is full of holes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/02\/the-california-offshore-wind-environmental-impact-statement-is-full-of-holes\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/02\/the-california-offshore-wind-environmental-impact-statement-is-full-of-holes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong>&nbsp;Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/08\/14\/feds-must-rethink-authorizing-harassment-of-whales-by-offshore-wind\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/08\/14\/feds-must-rethink-authorizing-harassment-of-whales-by-offshore-wind<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4<\/strong>. Offshore wind whale deaths indicated by statistical analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/07\/22\/offshore-wind-serial-whale-deaths-indicated-by-statistical-analysis\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/07\/22\/offshore-wind-serial-whale-deaths-indicated-by-statistical-analysis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.<\/strong>&nbsp;Feds say \u201cdamn the whales\u201d in the Gulf of Maine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/07\/01\/feds-say-damn-the-whales-in-the-gulf-of-maine\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/07\/01\/feds-say-damn-the-whales-in-the-gulf-of-maine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6.<\/strong>&nbsp;Freedom advocates are the Right Whale\u2019s best hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/06\/03\/freedom-advocates-are-the-right-whales-best-hope\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/06\/03\/freedom-advocates-are-the-right-whales-best-hope<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7.<\/strong>&nbsp;Offshore wind cumulative impact issue analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/05\/13\/offshore-wind-cumulative-impact-issue-analysis\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/05\/13\/offshore-wind-cumulative-impact-issue-analysis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8.<\/strong>&nbsp;Boston Globe\u2019s whale protection contradiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/04\/02\/boston-globes-whale-protection-contradiction\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/04\/02\/boston-globes-whale-protection-contradiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9.<\/strong>&nbsp;Dominion Energy\u2019s absurd reply to CFACT\u2019s whale protection lawsuit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/26\/dominion-energys-absurd-reply-to-cfacts-whale-protection-lawsuit\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/26\/dominion-energys-absurd-reply-to-cfacts-whale-protection-lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10<\/strong>. CFACT calls for banning offshore wind monopiles in favor of suction buckets to save whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/11\/cfact-calls-for-banning-offshore-wind-monopiles-in-favor-of-suction-buckets-to-save-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/11\/cfact-calls-for-banning-offshore-wind-monopiles-in-favor-of-suction-buckets-to-save-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11<\/strong>. CFACT blasts offshore wind multiple-site assessment as ridiculous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/06\/cfact-blasts-offshore-wind-multiple-site-assessment-as-ridiculous\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/06\/cfact-blasts-offshore-wind-multiple-site-assessment-as-ridiculous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12<\/strong>. CFACT says offshore wind violates Clean Air and Clean Water Acts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/04\/cfact-says-offshore-wind-threatens-air-and-water-quality\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/04\/cfact-says-offshore-wind-threatens-air-and-water-quality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13<\/strong>. Offshore wind has a big up and down week<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/02\/01\/offshore-wind-has-a-big-up-and-down-week\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/02\/01\/offshore-wind-has-a-big-up-and-down-week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14.<\/strong>&nbsp;Fed\u2019s first multi-site offshore wind EIS is ridiculous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/01\/16\/feds-first-multi-site-offshore-wind-eis-is-ridiculous\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/01\/16\/feds-first-multi-site-offshore-wind-eis-is-ridiculous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>15.<\/strong>&nbsp;NAS study raises concern over offshore wind harming endangered whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/12\/01\/nas-study-raises-concern-over-offshore-wind-harming-endangered-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/12\/01\/nas-study-raises-concern-over-offshore-wind-harming-endangered-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16<\/strong>. Offshore wind is systematically violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/09\/28\/offshore-wind-is-systematically-violating-the-marine-mammal-protection-act\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/09\/28\/offshore-wind-is-systematically-violating-the-marine-mammal-protection-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17.<\/strong>&nbsp;A tale of two whale protection groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/09\/18\/a-tale-of-two-whale-protection-groups\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/09\/18\/a-tale-of-two-whale-protection-groups<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>18.<\/strong>&nbsp;Offshore wind a greater threat to whales than oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/08\/07\/offshore-wind-a-greater-threat-to-whales-than-oil\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/08\/07\/offshore-wind-a-greater-threat-to-whales-than-oil<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>19.<\/strong>&nbsp;The whale killing study the Feds are afraid to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/07\/11\/the-whale-killing-study-the-feds-are-afraid-to-do\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/07\/11\/the-whale-killing-study-the-feds-are-afraid-to-do<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>20.<\/strong>&nbsp;NOAA proposes massively cruel offshore sonar survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/06\/05\/noaa-proposes-massively-cruel-offshore-sonar-survey\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/06\/05\/noaa-proposes-massively-cruel-offshore-sonar-survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>21.<\/strong>&nbsp;Feds play shell game with wind \/ whale impacts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/05\/23\/feds-play-shell-game-with-wind-whale-impacts\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/05\/23\/feds-play-shell-game-with-wind-whale-impacts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>22<\/strong>. Feds admit offshore wind can kill whales!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/27\/feds-admit-offshore-wind-can-kill-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/27\/feds-admit-offshore-wind-can-kill-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>23.<\/strong>&nbsp;NOAA proposes hammering 208% of vanishing Right Whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/24\/noaa-proposes-hammering-208-of-vanishing-right-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/24\/noaa-proposes-hammering-208-of-vanishing-right-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>24.<\/strong>&nbsp;Ignoring dead whales, NOAA proposes another site survey off New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/05\/ignoring-dead-whales-noaa-proposes-another-site-survey-off-new-jersey\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/04\/05\/ignoring-dead-whales-noaa-proposes-another-site-survey-off-new-jersey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>25.<\/strong>&nbsp;Proposed House Resolution calls for offshore wind moratorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/03\/31\/proposed-house-resolution-calls-for-offshore-wind-moratorium\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/03\/31\/proposed-house-resolution-calls-for-offshore-wind-moratorium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>26<\/strong>. Whale death confusion abounds and some is deliberate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/03\/10\/whale-death-confusion-abounds-and-some-is-deliberate\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/03\/10\/whale-death-confusion-abounds-and-some-is-deliberate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>27.<\/strong>&nbsp;Offshore wind impact probe proposed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/02\/20\/offshore-wind-impact-probe-proposed\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/02\/20\/offshore-wind-impact-probe-proposed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>28.<\/strong>&nbsp;Whale hell looms in Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/02\/16\/whale-hell-looms-in-massachusetts\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/02\/16\/whale-hell-looms-in-massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>29.<\/strong>&nbsp;Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/30\/feds-push-ignorance-defense-for-whale-killing-by-offshore-wind-development\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/30\/feds-push-ignorance-defense-for-whale-killing-by-offshore-wind-development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>30.<\/strong>&nbsp;Evidence says offshore wind development is killing lots of whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/23\/evidence-says-offshore-wind-development-is-killing-lots-of-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/23\/evidence-says-offshore-wind-development-is-killing-lots-of-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>31.<\/strong>&nbsp;The silly giant scale of US offshore wind development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/07\/the-silly-giant-scale-of-us-offshore-wind-development\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2023\/01\/07\/the-silly-giant-scale-of-us-offshore-wind-development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>32<\/strong>. Ten whale groups slam Atlantic OSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/12\/21\/ten-whale-groups-slam-atlantic-osw\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/12\/21\/ten-whale-groups-slam-atlantic-osw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>33.<\/strong>&nbsp;Official Coalition Comments on BOEM right whale offshore wind strategy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/12\/05\/official-coalition-comments-on-boem-right-whale-offshore-wind-strategy\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/12\/05\/official-coalition-comments-on-boem-right-whale-offshore-wind-strategy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>34.<\/strong>&nbsp;Dominion\u2019s silly denial of the great threat to whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/10\/22\/dominions-silly-denial-of-the-great-threat-to-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/10\/22\/dominions-silly-denial-of-the-great-threat-to-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>35.<\/strong>&nbsp;NOAA says Right Whales are \u201cdesperately endangered\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/10\/18\/noaa-says-right-whales-are-desperately-endangered\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/10\/18\/noaa-says-right-whales-are-desperately-endangered<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>36<\/strong>. How to kill whales with offshore wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/27\/how-to-kill-whales-with-offshore-wind\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/27\/how-to-kill-whales-with-offshore-wind<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>37<\/strong>. Wishes and secrets fill Dominion\u2019s offshore wind Plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/21\/wishes-and-secrets-fill-dominions-offshore-wind-plan\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/21\/wishes-and-secrets-fill-dominions-offshore-wind-plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>38.<\/strong>&nbsp;Dominion hides OSW threat to whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/15\/dominion-hides-osw-threat-to-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/09\/15\/dominion-hides-osw-threat-to-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>39.<\/strong>&nbsp;Threat to endangered whales gets LOUDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/26\/threat-to-endangered-whales-gets-louder\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/26\/threat-to-endangered-whales-gets-louder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>40.<\/strong>&nbsp;Are the Feds hiding the Virginia endangered whales?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/22\/are-the-feds-hiding-the-virginia-endangered-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/22\/are-the-feds-hiding-the-virginia-endangered-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>41.<\/strong>&nbsp;Virginia\u2019s offshore wind proposal threatens endangered whales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/13\/virginias-offshore-wind-proposal-threatens-endangered-whales\">https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2022\/07\/13\/virginias-offshore-wind-proposal-threatens-endangered-whales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[1]<\/strong>&nbsp;David Wojick, independent consultant and senior advisor to CFACT, is a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in logic and analytic philosophy of science. He specializes in science and technology issues in energy and the environment. Wojick has served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University and the sta\ufb00 of the Naval Research Laboratory. Many of his articles for think tanks, trade associations, businesses, and government agencies can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/dwojick\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The all-of-government approach to climate by Podesta-Biden-Harris covers the science agencies too. Climate hype, all the time, as well as nonstop cheerleading toward politically correct, economically incorrect government-enabled energies. 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