Blown Away: Fishermen Endangered by Offshore Wind’s Political Power

https://www.propublica.org/article/fishermen-endangered-offshore-wind-political-power

Jennifer Movement News

Turbines the height of 70-story skyscrapers will soon tower over East Coast fishing grounds. But government regulators with ties to offshore wind developers are downplaying the danger to the marine ecosystem and fishermen’s livelihoods.

 

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