Please notice Nov. 20 in your calendars as an vital deadline for sending feedback to the Bureau of Ocean Power (BOEM) relating to proposals for the US Wind Marwin and Momentum Wind offshore wind tasks: Whereas it could be troublesome for people to make their voices heard, BOEM’s listening to does present an official discussion board for everybody to specific opinions. As such, we urge you to document your opposition for a proposed venture that can primarily destroy Delaware’s marine surroundings and coastal communities.
(To entry the BOEM web site, go to https://www.rules.gov/doc/BOEM-2023-0050-0001; Click on on Remark button; Enter info, Click on on Submit Remark.)
Fenwick Island’s Environmental Committee opposes using the “clear power” mantra by industrial forces that can destroy our coastal space’s human and pure surroundings. As well as, we oppose the unacceptable US Wind Marwin and Momentum Wind offshore wind tasks as a result of confirmed unfavourable affect of those plans on endangered species, environmental injury to marine life, hostile results to the fishing business, and elevated dangers to nationwide safety and maritime security.
Whereas we perceive BOEM is below appreciable political and investor strain to approve offshore wind tasks, these proposed plans don’t meet what the Nationwide Environmental High quality Act (NEPA) requires of an EIS. As briefly summarized under, there’s a lengthy record of deficiencies that require further evaluation effort:
- Wind farm gross sales and improvement by overseas international locations endanger U.S. nationwide safety.
- Main unfavourable impacts exist within the DEIS for industrial fishing and navigation.
- New research are wanted to find out financial/enterprise losses for tourism and recreation as the unique research by the College of Delaware (Parsons and Firestone) are flawed. Plus, cables could have an hostile affect on the horseshoe crab reserve, which wants safety for medical analysis. The elevated measurement of generators may even result in unintended penalties for marine life, shore visibility and secure vessel operations.
- The endangered North Atlantic proper whale (NARW) and different marine life are vulnerable to extinction attributable to development and different operational noises. It’s our understanding that the wind business shall be allowed a capricious “kill quotient” if BOEM approves this venture.
From further research we’ve reviewed, these generators could have no measurable affect on enhancing local weather change; CO2 emissions will entrance load the carbon value; wind energy has no battery storage; irreversible environmental injury will alter the marine surroundings; and ceaselessly chemical substances (PFOAs) shall be resuspended through cable installations.
What’s the connection between canaries in nineteenth century coal mines and up to date deaths of North Atlantic proper whales? Each are delicate to lethal adjustments within the surroundings. Let’s heed the warnings of our useless whales! Silence implies consent.
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee
Co-chairs Susan Brennan and Colleen Wilson
Members Janice Bortner, Vicki Carmean, Debra Cowell, Liz Lear and Pam Pridgeon
