Eubanks and Associates submits comments on behalf of Green Oceans detailing the problems with the BOEM-NOAA joint strategy to protect North Atlantic right whale in conjunction with offshore wind development.

Green Oceans submits comments to BOEM detailing the environmental concerns and potential legal violations associated with the Vineyard Wind Northeast project.

Green Oceans submits comments to BOEM describing environmental concerns about the Beacon Wind project.

“A single shot from a seismic survey air-gun can kill zooplankton– the foundation of the marine food chain-up to a mile away from the detonation site…”

“The notion that we humans can intervene in the ocean at a colossal scale and drive other species to extinction without harming ourselves seems, if not perversely arrogant, then excessively naive. Short-circuiting environmental laws in the name of solving our climate crisis will leave us vulnerable in the future; once de-clawed, they will no longer protect either biodiversity or what remains of our natural world.”

A majority of citizens support urgent action on climate change, but the current plan to industrialize 22 million acres of the Atlantic Ocean with wind turbines contradicts both President Biden’s executive order and environmental laws. The plan lacks sufficient evidence of safety or efficacy, risks biodiversity loss, and could exacerbate the crisis instead of addressing it. NOAA’s authorization for offshore wind companies to harass endangered North Atlantic right whales jeopardizes their survival, directly undermining the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.