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"We are very disappointed by the decision, as it comes at the expense of the North Atlantic right whale and at a very precarious time for it, when 93 percent of the remaining 340 population rely on this small area within which the Vineyard Wind and eight additional projects will be located," the group said in a prepared statement. "We firmly believe that the court should not give deference to the federal agencies which are recklessly fast-tracking these projects. We plan to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States as we believe that this is a landmark case and a significant industrialization of the ocean."
As the Biden administration expands its offshore wind projects as part of its goal to reach a carbon-free energy system, whales and other marine life may become collateral damage, according to new research. Two independent studies measuring ocean wind turbine construction noise found that the sound emitted by vessels mapping the seafloor was significantly louder than estimated, and that noise protection for whales and other sea creatures during wind turbine pile driving doesn’t work. Intense noise causes hearing loss in whales, other marine mammals, turtles, and fish, compromising their ability to navigate, avoid danger, detect predators, and find prey, according to scientific studies.