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Fact Check: The Truth About Wind and Whales Article Credit: Citizens Campaign For the Environment September 18, 2023 Opponents of offshore wind have wrongly blamed the renewable energy for recent whale strandings and deaths. Wind turbines do not cause whale deaths! HERE ARE THE FACTS: In 2017 the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared an “unusual whale mortality event” for whales. This designation was based on data that showed a steep increase in deceas

By Don Payne [This is a longer version of an article printed in the L.I. Sierra Club News newsletter, Fall 2022 edition.] Imagine a Midsummer’s Daydream Kids playing outside. Napping outside! Enjoying the smell of flowers. Being able to open the windows, save on electricity for A/C, and hear the birds and the wind. Being able to think. Now, stick your head outside on any summer day and wake to the nightmare. What do you hear? Most likely, outdoor power tools: chain saws, chip