Smith Calls On Biden Administration To Suspend All Offshore Wind Projects Over Growing Concerns About Recent Whale Deaths
February 01, 2023
February 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2023:
Amid growing concerns over recent whale deaths, ongoing questions about environmental impacts and a call from 12 Jersey Shore mayors for a moratorium on offshore wind activity, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) on Monday urged two Biden Administration Secretaries in separate letters to immediately suspend all offshore wind projects until "ecological safety can be assured.&quo . . .
Amid growing concerns over recent whale deaths, ongoing questions about environmental impacts and a call from 12 Jersey Shore mayors for a moratorium on offshore wind activity, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) on Monday urged two Biden Administration Secretaries in separate letters to immediately suspend all offshore wind projects until "ecological safety can be assured.&quo . . .