Stop the MADNESS!! Stop offshore wind in New Jersey and the East Coast!

Stop the MADNESS!! Stop offshore wind in New Jersey and the East Coast!

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January 13, 2023
Signatures: 520,584Next Goal: 1,000,000
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Started by Keith Moore

To President Joe Bid                                                                                          Phil Murphy, the Governor of New Jersey and The NJ Legislature

We the signers of this petition hereby call for an immediate injunction halting of all offshore wind activity currently being proposed and implemented along the New Jersey shore. We call on both the Federal Government and the State of New Jersey to ensure a thorough independent, transparent investigation of these 7 (as of this writing) whale deaths. We ask these investigations be carried out by federal agencies with independent, third party scientific oversight.

These massive, unprecedented, experimental projects have been fast-tracked without meaningful public input, and with all the impacted cities and towns denied the right to home rule by executive action of the Governor of New Jersey.

The proposed offshore wind farms can and will result in irreversible ecological damage to the marine environment, including the injury or death of thousands of marine species, and as a result, greatly diminish the quality of life in our coastal communities. These projects are projected to reduce shore residents' property values, curtail tourism, severely affect the fishing, boating, and hospitality industries, greatly increase energy costs to New Jersey ratepayers, and provide no tangible benefits to the people of the State of New Jersey.

In addition, this activity is proceeding before the required Environmental Impact Statements have even been finalized. This goes directly against both Federal and State Government's responsibilities to protect the precious, unique, and delicate ocean environment that is beloved and appreciated by so many millions of people from around the world and contradicts the primary goal of Executive Order 14008 which is to conserve our lands, waters, and biodiversity through clean energy technologies and infrastructure.

We state here that there are many other strategies that can generate energy in a safer and more environmentally favorable way, so that New Jersey's greatest natural resource is not put at risk. Moreover, the people of the state deserve to know the quantified benefits and corresponding cumulative negative impacts of all such projects, and to participate in ANY such decisions of this magnitude going forward.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                             

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Signatures: 520,584Next Goal: 1,000,000
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