Nantucket Residents File Lawsuit To Stop Offshore Wind Farm
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The group known as Nantucket Residents Against Turbines (ACKRATs) has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm planned for an area 15 miles southwest of the island. The lawsuit alleges that the construction and operation of the wind farm will threaten the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale, driving the species from its preferred habitat into more dangerous waters.
“By installing multiple industrial-scale wind energy projects in this area, BOEM (U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) is literally putting right whales and humans on a collision course,” the lawsuit states. “And historically, that has not worked out well for the whale.”
Proponents of the wind farm argue that there is no scientific evidence that it will significantly impact right whale populations and point to the fact that the project has already cleared the United States’ lengthy federal environmental review process.
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