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Opponents of renewable energy projects and fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation about whale deaths as part of their work to obstruct clean energy policies, according to researchers.
The groups’ lawsuit argues the approvals did not properly account for possible dangers to the North Atlantic right whale from construction of the project. “This erroneous biological opinion issued by NMFS is a classic example of abdication of its duty to provide meaningful protection for an endangered species. Playing politics with such an iconic species as the right whale is an unfortunate example of the Biden administration’s allegiance to climate alarmism.”
As usual, Virginia’s electricity ratepayers are caught in the middle. Either way, a new lawsuit challenging Dominion Energy Virginia’s offshore wind project…