Experts testified about multiple national security risks posed by offshore wind farms at a Congressional field hearing in Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan. 20.
They said giant wind turbines threaten the effectiveness of military, aviation, and marine radar; energy independence, and food security.
Congressmen Andy Harris (R-Md.), Jeff van Drew (R-N.J.), and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) solicited testimony from experts in environmental and energy policy, economic impact, the fishing industry, and local impact.
“Hard questions being raised by scientists, by activists, environmentalists, those who are in the fishing industry, are not being listened to,” stated Mr. Smith.
“Like canaries in coal mines the spate of tragic whale and dolphin deaths—and well-founded suspicions that geographical surveys, including the use of sonar, may be contributing causes—brought new light and increased scrutiny to the fast-tracking of approximately 3,400 offshore wind turbines, covering 2.4 million acres, all embedded into the ocean floor by pile drivers or floated off our Atlantic Coast.”...
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