Hiding Behind Whale Fatality Disinformation, Big Oil Works To Slow Offshore Wind Projects
Promoting disinformation about whale deaths, fossil fuel lobbyists are creating confusion in local communities. “It looks like grass-roots groups in local coastal communities are raising issues with offshore wind, but the evidence points to the fact that many of these groups have connections to Big Oil,” said Susannah Hatch, director of clean energy policy at theThe US outer continental shelf is an ideal site for wind energy resources on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
, which is intended to help meet President Biden’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 and set the nation on a pathway to 110 GW or more by 2050. Deploying 30 GW of offshore wind would provide enough power for 10 million homes, support 77,000 jobs, and spur $12 billion per year in direct private investment.
Offshore wind energy will be critical for reimagining America’s clean energy economy and building it right. Offshore wind is a more cost-effective energy source than oil and gas, and it threatens the future of US fossil fuel dependence. And so Big Oil looks for scapegoats — or, in this case, whale victims.up and down the east coast.
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