"Save the Whales" is now "sacrifice the whales" to East Coast wind turbines, oil & gas drilling, and reporter lackeys for the marine-industrial complex. Sound familiar?
This is horrifying. Oil and gas are not nearly as dangerous or long-lasting as SF6.
The gang of heartless, greedy bastards running the United States and lying through corrupted media are actually taking all creatures headlong to complete destruction. 💔
Once again, government and media are failing on an issue with major implications. Don’t dare raise questions. There’s only one right side. Yes, this sounds familiar. At this rate, whales will soon be extinct not to mention other disturbing environmental harms. Thanks to Linda Bonvie for doing New York Times-worthy work.
Horrible! "beaching themselves" is a euphemism fro COMMITTING SUICIDE. These are not animals that don;' know oceans tides and currents; they are extremely intelligent but the pain and discomfort is too much, so they, like humans under extreme stress often choose to die to escape. THIS MUST STOP.
Thank you Linda Bonvie for this powerful and highly informative piece. I no longer watch MSM news here in MD (have these “beachings” or turbine plans been covered?) and had absolutely no idea this was happening. This piece needs to be shared far and wide. Sadly (and infuriatingly) there are far too many who will be accepting of the collateral damage “for the greater good” and in the name of “Science”. Now where and when have I heard that before? 🤔
They DO know the sonar is killing the whales. They don't care because the sonar originates for "clean energy" instead of for military applications or for oil-gas energy purposes.
As a physicist and a person involved fighting wind energy for a LONG time, TY for your generally good post. FYI, I recently outlined four MAJOR reasons against Offshore Wind in one of my Substack commentaries <https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/critically-thinking-about-offshore>. It points out several serious issues that you did not mention.
How can people stand to watch this happen over and over? How can they allow it? I strongly believe that if this had happened even twenty years ago, people would have blown up all of the murdering turbines. I don't know why we aren't doing it now! We're supposed to be the Earth's stewards, not its murderers! I never cared this much when I was younger - I wish I had!
You know, I am not what you would ever call an animal activist, but this just makes me cry. Corporate interests with environmental activist delusions. Whales die, birds die, no one cares. All because this wind thing has to work or else, dammit!
The greenwashing of America has been extremely successful, to the point where "environmentalists" are perfectly willing to sacrifice the planet and all creatures great and small in order to save it from the perilous evil of fossil fuels. Ironically, it was the discovery of fossil fuels in the 1800's that saved the whales from being hunted to extinction for their oil. Follow the money, because that's all the only thing green about these unreliable renewables.
Since the opening of Moray East Wind Farm in Scotland 2018 we’ve had 8 whales beach around Moray Firth , I genuinely can’t remember this happening before and I’ve lived here for 37 years , we’ve been told not to post any pictures of stranded whales as it’s far too distressing for children and the local radio station has stopped mentioning this odd phenomena
This is just unbelievable. The corrupt agency, known as NOAA is working hard to destroy the lobster industry in my state of Maine, all in the name of "saving the whales" yet is all in for killing them in Jersey, all in the name of the green power debacle. Investigators need to follow the money and at the end of that trail will be the true culprits. Government is totally corrupted at all levels and no longer works FOR the people but solely for the MONIED interests today!
I worked for a state government and for most of my tenure the job involved arranging access to private property, although theoretically I could force my way in it was always better to ask politely. In 41 1/2 years the only place I was denied including many underground mines was a wind farm along an Appalachian Ridge and likely flyway. I am not certain why, but I suspect they didn’t want me finding bird carcases.
I found this report extremely clear and well written, also chilling and tragic. Here I am, 91 yrs old,
reading simultaneously with my grandson Moby Dick. He is 36, living a 7 hr drive from me and we discuss 8 to 10 chapters at a time. The double irony is that in addition to Melville's account of the
whaling industry in the mid-19th century which began the animal's decimation leading to its present
near extinction, my grandson has worked in the wind and solar industry his entire career thinking he
was helping to mitigate climate catastrophe. So far, he still believes this. He was the one who suggested we read the book together. I had read it decades ago after it was finally recognized as the
greatest American novel. This time I can fully appreciate it's greatness. OF
I consider myself a conservative environmentalist, and this excellent expose piece brings me to tears. Just like with the V, we implement before fully testing. Obviously these wind turbines are affecting our sea mammals, not to mention the shredding of our sea birds! Is the minimal energy created by these turbines worth the maximum environment negative impact?
This is horrifying. Oil and gas are not nearly as dangerous or long-lasting as SF6.
The gang of heartless, greedy bastards running the United States and lying through corrupted media are actually taking all creatures headlong to complete destruction. 💔
Once again, government and media are failing on an issue with major implications. Don’t dare raise questions. There’s only one right side. Yes, this sounds familiar. At this rate, whales will soon be extinct not to mention other disturbing environmental harms. Thanks to Linda Bonvie for doing New York Times-worthy work.
Horrible! "beaching themselves" is a euphemism fro COMMITTING SUICIDE. These are not animals that don;' know oceans tides and currents; they are extremely intelligent but the pain and discomfort is too much, so they, like humans under extreme stress often choose to die to escape. THIS MUST STOP.
Thank you Linda Bonvie for this powerful and highly informative piece. I no longer watch MSM news here in MD (have these “beachings” or turbine plans been covered?) and had absolutely no idea this was happening. This piece needs to be shared far and wide. Sadly (and infuriatingly) there are far too many who will be accepting of the collateral damage “for the greater good” and in the name of “Science”. Now where and when have I heard that before? 🤔
This is enraging.
They DO know the sonar is killing the whales. They don't care because the sonar originates for "clean energy" instead of for military applications or for oil-gas energy purposes.
For example, in Washington state, the governor is currently fighting NOAA regarding Navy sonar harming whales there; e.g., see https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/washington-state-officials-slam-navys-changes-to-military-testing-program-that-would-harm-more-orcas/. Luckily there are currently no wind projects going on, as it would lay bare the inconsistency of these environmentally minded people/organizations regarding protecting ocean life from sonar.
There are studies proving the damages that sonar does to whales; e.g., see https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00295/full. At least one environmental/legal firm, at one time, fought this, but only in relation to Navy testing and oil/gas drilling; e.g., see https://earthjustice.org/video/b-roll-whales-and-navy-sonar. They are silent and not fighting the sonar issues on the east coast associated with "clean energy"; see their website for what I mean: https://earthjustice.org/office/oceans.
Linda and Michael:
As a physicist and a person involved fighting wind energy for a LONG time, TY for your generally good post. FYI, I recently outlined four MAJOR reasons against Offshore Wind in one of my Substack commentaries <https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/critically-thinking-about-offshore>. It points out several serious issues that you did not mention.
How can people stand to watch this happen over and over? How can they allow it? I strongly believe that if this had happened even twenty years ago, people would have blown up all of the murdering turbines. I don't know why we aren't doing it now! We're supposed to be the Earth's stewards, not its murderers! I never cared this much when I was younger - I wish I had!
Thank you for writing this important piece, Linda. Just another example of how some humans think they're boss of the planet and all who live here.
You know, I am not what you would ever call an animal activist, but this just makes me cry. Corporate interests with environmental activist delusions. Whales die, birds die, no one cares. All because this wind thing has to work or else, dammit!
The greenwashing of America has been extremely successful, to the point where "environmentalists" are perfectly willing to sacrifice the planet and all creatures great and small in order to save it from the perilous evil of fossil fuels. Ironically, it was the discovery of fossil fuels in the 1800's that saved the whales from being hunted to extinction for their oil. Follow the money, because that's all the only thing green about these unreliable renewables.
Since the opening of Moray East Wind Farm in Scotland 2018 we’ve had 8 whales beach around Moray Firth , I genuinely can’t remember this happening before and I’ve lived here for 37 years , we’ve been told not to post any pictures of stranded whales as it’s far too distressing for children and the local radio station has stopped mentioning this odd phenomena
This is just unbelievable. The corrupt agency, known as NOAA is working hard to destroy the lobster industry in my state of Maine, all in the name of "saving the whales" yet is all in for killing them in Jersey, all in the name of the green power debacle. Investigators need to follow the money and at the end of that trail will be the true culprits. Government is totally corrupted at all levels and no longer works FOR the people but solely for the MONIED interests today!
I worked for a state government and for most of my tenure the job involved arranging access to private property, although theoretically I could force my way in it was always better to ask politely. In 41 1/2 years the only place I was denied including many underground mines was a wind farm along an Appalachian Ridge and likely flyway. I am not certain why, but I suspect they didn’t want me finding bird carcases.
I found this report extremely clear and well written, also chilling and tragic. Here I am, 91 yrs old,
reading simultaneously with my grandson Moby Dick. He is 36, living a 7 hr drive from me and we discuss 8 to 10 chapters at a time. The double irony is that in addition to Melville's account of the
whaling industry in the mid-19th century which began the animal's decimation leading to its present
near extinction, my grandson has worked in the wind and solar industry his entire career thinking he
was helping to mitigate climate catastrophe. So far, he still believes this. He was the one who suggested we read the book together. I had read it decades ago after it was finally recognized as the
greatest American novel. This time I can fully appreciate it's greatness. OF
I consider myself a conservative environmentalist, and this excellent expose piece brings me to tears. Just like with the V, we implement before fully testing. Obviously these wind turbines are affecting our sea mammals, not to mention the shredding of our sea birds! Is the minimal energy created by these turbines worth the maximum environment negative impact?