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We are a grassroots organization asking for science-backed answers regarding impending cumulative impacts from offshore wind projects off Nantucket and MA.
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View from a National Historic Landmark…
#Nantucket
. This is JUST THE BEGINNING. Gov’t documents declare 775 turbines will be visible. Bad for marine animals, birds and bad for the human environment as well. Is anyone in charge going to come to their senses?
@ACKCurrent
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The Massachusetts decision to double down on offshore wind after the Vineyard Wind disaster is foolish and bad policy. Despite the misinformation spread by Gov. Healey, offshore wind will increase electric bills, kill endangered right whales, and do nothing to mitigate climate
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Yep. Another dead
#whale
. This one floating off Shinnecock, LI. These big animals should not be dying at this rate…the big change is
#BigWind
, and it’s coming at all costs apparently. Sadly, the decision makers don’t care.
@NOAA
@BOEM
@GovKathyHochul
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ANOTHER DEAD WHALE. Block Island this time. So irresponsible that the Gov Agencies keep ignoring the science and approving
#BigWind
projects. Our leaders need to focus on facts…dead whales are unacceptable.
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@GreenOceansRI
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Closing beaches on Martha’s Vineyard because of debris coming from
@VineyardWindUS
toxic and jagged turbine blade pieces washing ashore. Lifeguards insisting people get out of the water because the debris is potentially dangerous. It’s been 2.5 weeks of this mess impacting
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Massachusetts is pushing back hard against
#BigOffshoreWind
. Enough is enough
@MassGov
Healy. Time to listen to the public.
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I just signed a
@theactionnet
petition: PETITION FOR THE NANTUCKET SELECT BOARD TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT & CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON ALL FUTURE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS OFF OUR SHORES.. Sign here:
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Consensus is mounting. The
#Nantucket
community does NOT want
#BigOffshoreWind
. Time to walk away from
@VineyardWindUS
and stand up against the environmental and economic disasters that
#BigWind
cause.
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@GreenOceansRI
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A disgrace that Massachusetts State Senator
@JulianCyr
left tonight’s important Nantucket Select Board meeting BEFORE EVEN ONE RESIDENT SPOKE. We waited 3.5 weeks since the
@VineyardWindUS
blade crisis for him to show up. WHO IS HELPING
#NANTUCKET
??? What a shame for our island.
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It’s been 6.5 WEEKS since the
@VineyardWindUS
massive blade explosion & we are still finding pieces of fiberglass on Surfside Beach,
#Nantucket
. What happened? There’s ZERO accountability & NO ONE holding the developers responsible. WHO is in charge?
@ACKCurrent
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Largest mass stranding EVER in the northeast.
#BigOffshoreWind
is making BIG CHANGES in our
#ocean
ecosystem. Is anyone in charge connecting the dots?
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@capecodtimes
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As a founding member of our Save the Right Whales Coalition, Mr. Shellenberger is a knowledgeable and sound voice when it comes to the
#EnvironmentalDisaster
that is otherwise known as
#BigOffshoreWind
.
@ACKCurrent
@nytimes
@GreenOceansRI
The wind industry says it's good for the environment. But biologists warn it could make a whale species extinct. In July, a fiberglass turbine shattered and forced the closure of beaches. And now, a bombshell new report finds that the wind industry is decimating sea life.
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How is the
@VineyardWindUS
catastrophic blade explosion not even mentioned by POTUS? This project is the 1st large scale project for the U.S. & blade installation has been halted by the US Gov because of the enviro disaster. Experiment=failed!
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It’s time to walk away from
@VineyardWindUS
.
#BigOffshoreWind
is bad for the
#ocean
and bad for
#Nantucket
.
@ACKCurrent
@capecodtimes
@nytimes
@nypost
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No power coming from this
#BigWind
array for a while…
#TyphoonYagi
yagi hit Hainan and Guangdong hard, killing 3 people and injuring 95 people. A wind farm in Wenchang, Hainan was seriously damaged.
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Early morning stroll on
#SurfsideBeach
Nantucket today just before sunrise. The destruction of Nantucket, a National Historic Landmark, is real. Our leaders at every level are failing us. Time to speak out!
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
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PETITION FOR THE NANTUCKET SELECT BOARD TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT & ENACT A MORATORIUM ON ALL FUTURE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS OFF OUR SHORES.
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Offshore wind auction in Oregon postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest. It appears GE Vernova is right,
#BigWind
is a “sick industry”.
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@saveLBIorg
@GreenOceansRI
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A slightly different view from Madaquesham tonight. This is just 24 Turbines from the
@VineyardWindUS
project. THEY ARE BAD NEIGHBORS! Wake up
@Nantucket
& SAY NO! Stand up for the
#ocean
! Save our Coast!
@GreenOceansRI
@SaveNARW
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Nantucket Group petitions Supreme Court to review offshore wind development challenge
@saveLBIorg
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@GreenOceansRI
@ACKCurrent
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Blades breaking already. Where is it? Did any boats hit it? Why did it break off? Non-answers from
@VineyardWindUS
so far.
@NOAA
where are you? Too concerned about 10 knot speed limits in Nantucket sound where there are NO WHALES.
@InkyM
@ACKCurrent
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This is NOT a shark. This is more debris coming to NANTUCKET today from
@VineyardWindUS
EPIC FAIL. This big piece floating off Madequecham beach. Time for a US Congressional hearing!
@POTUS
@BostonGlobe
@nypost
@SaveNARW
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PLEASE COME to Select Board Meeting tonight at 5:30 pm and voice your concern about the environmental damage to our Nantucket Beaches and
#Ocean
from
#VineyardWind
turbines.
#BigOffshoreWind
makes BAD neighbors.
@InkyM
@ACKCurrent
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We are optimistic that the Supreme Court will grant review of the important issue in this petition regarding an agency’s abrogating its obligations to the Right Whale under the Endangered Species Act
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If you’ve got a boat, or friend with a boat, you’ll want to be here on Sunday.
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View from upstairs at Millie’s on Nantucket last night. This is 24 turbines worth of industrialization. Wait until there are 1300 right in this sport.
#WhatAreTheyThinking
? This is disgraceful!
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
@saveLBIorg
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We need to stop
#BigOffshoreWind
now. The plan for the east coast is massive and the destruction unconscionable.
@GreenOceansRI
@saveLBIorg
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
In light of what happened in Nantucket this week I wanted to take a moment to remind folks that this is just the beginning.
Large multinational corporations, in conjunction with their political ally’s are purchasing leasing rights for millions of acres - virtually the entire
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The madness continues. Is anyone paying attention to
@VineyardWindUS
environmental disaster? Certainly NOT our MA State and US Fed officials. 3.5 weeks of dumped debris and NO ONE has shown up yet.
@ACKCurrent
@977ackfm
@InkyM
FYI: In two days, on 8/7, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are set to announce a new major offshore wind development project. If you have concerns over one turbine blade in our ocean, you better pay attention to this announcement.
#mapoli
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Sharp pieces of
@VineyardWindUS
turbine blade on the beaches again today. Watch your step. Is anyone concerned that the smaller pieces will end up in the fish we eat? The oysters we shuck?
@InkyM
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@GreenOceansRI
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Still NO MENTION of
@VineyardWindUS
environmental disaster. How can anyone call these offshore wind power plants “green”? Imagine the marine life swimming among and eating the debris?
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
.
@MassFiscal
's latest video on
@Maura_Healey
gaslighting her constituents in favor of more offshore wind. The Governor never discloses the price for ratepayers & no mention of the broken turbine blade sitting at the bottom of the ocean. ⚡️🌊
#mapoli
#Nantucket
#MarthasVineyard
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More debris from
@VineyardWindUS
epic fail is headed toward Block Island. Boaters beware. It appears to be roughly 40’ X 10’. STOP
#BigOffshoreWind
.
@InkyM
@ACKCurrent
@vineyardgazette
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This is such a disgrace! Another nearly
#DeadWhale
just off
#RhodeIsland
. We are destroying a vibrant habitat with
#BigOffshoreWind
and not really considering the potential harm.
@GreenOceansRI
@saveLBIorg
@NewBedford_MA
@nytimes
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Let’s put a stop to
#BigOffshoreWind
now! It is becoming abundantly clear that OSW is environmentally and economically WAY TOO expensive. Time for
@VineyardWindUS
& the rest to walk away from their projects.
@SaveNARW
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
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How many lawsuits will it take before
#BigOffshoreWind
companies,
@NOAAFisheries
&
@BOEM
stop the madness? These projects are NOT clean, NOT green & uneconomical. Let’s protect the ocean & find a better way.
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
NEW LAWSUIT: Save LBI notified federal agencies of its intent to sue over the Atlantic Shores South Wind Project, for violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The lawsuit highlights the project's risks to endangered marine species,
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Fiberglass debris from
@VineyardWindUS
turbine blade failure on July 13 is STILL polluting our
#ocean
& Nantucket beaches.
#BigWind
IS NOT CLEAN GREEN ENERGY. This is an environmental disaster.
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
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Another
#DEADwhale
today off Sandy Hook, NJ. That’s TWO more dead whales and FIVE more dead dolphins in just a few days.
@NOAA
, where are you? Where is the outrage from the ENGO’s that claim to protect
#whales
? Where are you
@SierraClub
@greenpeaceusa
??!
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Thank you
#Nantucket
for showing up in force at
#167RAW
last night. You are engaged and concerned citizens and together we can defeat
@VineyardWindUS
&
#BigOffshoreWind
in total.
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@bostonherald
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More debris showing up on Martha’s Vineyard from
@VineyardWindUS
epic blade failure on JULY. 13. It has been WEEKS & the jagged toxic pieces keep coming.
#SaveOurOcean
#ProtectWhales
.
@ACKCurrent
@SaveNARW
@saveLBIorg
@GreenOceansRI
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Rhode Island needs to call a hiatus on offshore wind projects amid blade failures | Opinion
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HANDS ACROSS THE BEACHES in NJ TODAY! Lots of people up and down the coast holding hands to STOP
#BigWind
from industrializing our ocean and destroying our coast.
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@saveLBIorg
@CleanOcean
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#Nantucket
should be doing the same. The
#BigWind
industrialization of our ocean and coast was done without proper environmental or economic vetting. Time for Nantucket to speak up & help STOP these projects.
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
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This is one sad video of a dead whale being towed away from NY Harbor. Come on people, what are we doing?? How many more dead whales will it take? BIG
#offshoreWind
is NOT
#greenEnergy
@NOAA
do the right thing, please!
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Is this supposed to make us feel better? Now the big piece of debris is on the sea floor and pieces of fiber glass, adhesive materials and foam board will be seeping into the ocean until, when? TOXIC situation. UNACCEPTABLE.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
Vineyard Wind has informed Nantucket officials that the damaged 300-foot blade that detached from the turbine yesterday morning has settled on the ocean floor.
The size of a football field, the blade was attached to "the largest turbine in the western world."
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Two more dead minke whales! This is becoming so common that it’s barely being reported. Where is the outrage? Stop
#BigOffshoreWind
before dead whales become the “new normal”. This IS NOT NORMAL.
@SaveNARW
@saveLBIorg
@GreenOceansRI
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Hey,
#Nantucket
. Time to speak up and tell our Select Board that we want OUT of the GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT with
@VineyardWindUS
. This is a BAD agreement and it’s time to walk away.
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The view from Madaquesham tonight…and this is JUST getting started. 1,000+ more coming unless we STOP
#BigOffshoreWind
. Speak up & Out: NO MORE TURBINES!
@CleanOcean
@SaveNARW
@GreenOceansRI
@saveLBIorg
@njcoast_protect
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Our
#ocean
is getting wrecked by
@VineyardWindUS
and
#BigWind
in general. This picture is sad and infuriating.
@BOEM
&
@NOAA
do your jobs and stop the madness.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@977ackfm
Vineyard Wind’s unofficial mascot. “When we tried to get closer, it flew off and landed on another piece of foam 40 yards away."
#surfingtern
#foamferry
#bladefailure
#greenoceans
#offshorewind
#nantucketcurrent
#ack4whales
#vineyardwind
#beachdebris
#buzzardsbay
#keepitwild
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The environmental damage from just one giant
@VineyardWindUS
turbine blade continues to litter beaches all over New England. What will this be like when there are thousands of blades out there?
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@nypost
Debris from the broken Vineyard Wind turbine blade has washed up on a Westport beach. Strewn down the stretch of Elephant Rock Beach Thursday morning were mounds of seaweed deposited during the high tide.
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Bags of garbage from a
@VineyardWind
broken turbine blade. BEACHES CLOSED. Red flags up on a scorcher of a day. This is just the beginning…1350 more turbines coming to our coast soon unless we STOP
#BigWind
! To help, visit
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
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It’s great that
@CNBC
&
@jimcramer
are on top of the
@VineyardWindUS
environmental disaster. Broken blades are just the beginning, and it’s not just happening here. STOP $BigOffshoreWind NOW.
@ACKCurrent
@vineyardgazette
@nypost
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In this clip Tone Deaf Gov. Healey dismissing Nantucket & saying our electric bills will be lower with
#BigOffshoreWind
???? That is just NOT TRUE and everyone knows it.
@InkyM
@stoolpresidente
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
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Nantucket beaches littered with what appears to be pieces of a broken
@VineyardWindUS
turbine blade. This is terrible for animals in the ocean and everyone on land.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@capecodtimes
@BostonGlobe
@vineyardgazette
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Pile-driving thousands of 1000’ tall turbines into thousands of square miles of ocean floor & plow-driving thousands of miles of high voltage cabling, also into the sea floor in the critically endangered
#NorthAtlanticRightWhale
’s home for
#OffshoreWind
is NOT
#GreenEnergy
.
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And then…this happened. Imagine a member of the public brining in debris she found on the beach and being shut down by a resident while the people on the dais just sit there??? Strange? Scary?
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
Off shore wind advocates really don't like it when you talk about the
#vineyardwind
blade failure. Newport RI Police posted this video today on Instagram of a 8/15 meeting at Newport City Hall. They are looking for the man, contact Detective Jack Billings at 401-845-5751.
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Thank you
#167RAW
on
#Nantucket
for hosting a fabulous event for us last night! All of the sponsors including
#CiscoBrewery
are helping us KEEP OUR OCEANS WILD!
#Nantucket
is stepping up & out against
#BigOffshoreWind
& you are leading the charge!
@ACKCurrent
🐳🦞🐋🦀
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It appears some of the blade could still be in jeopardy of falling into the sea. Fiberglass, adhesive materials and foam board is TOXIC to marine life & humans when ingested, and surely that will happen. Say NO to
#BigOffshoreWind
.
@ACKCurrent
@stoolpresidente
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It’s about time the truth is exposed. Offshore wind development is NOT GREEN. It’s killing whales and more.
For years, the government has insisted that the increase in whale deaths off the East Coast has no relationship to the wind industry's high-decibel pile driving and boat activity. But now, a new documentary, "Thrown To The Wind," based on new research, will challenge that.
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Aquinnah tribe calls for moratorium on offshore wind development EVERYWHERE.
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THIS IS A PROBLEM! “Wind-turbine blade dumping alleged as Iowa AG sues disposal company” WHERE DOES THIS STUFF GO?
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@saveLBIorg
@GreenOceansRI
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More Hands Across the Beach! So many people came out to protest
#BigWind
and to stand up for our
#Ocean
!
#NewJersey
is leading the way by protecting our coast and our marine life.
#BigWind
= BigMoney, it’s NOT GREEN!
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@saveLBIorg
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Are all of these turbines defective? This is a major
@VineyardWindUS
fail.
@NOAA
should halt these projects. This is incredibly unsafe…the blades are hundreds of feet long. Dangerous.!
@InkyM
@InkyM
@BostonGlobe
@WBSM1420
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Click on this and check out all the sponsors!
#Nantucket
is unifying against
#BigOffshoreWind
. It’s NOT clean and it’s NOT green. Shut down
@VineyardWindUS
and keep our oceans wild!
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@capecodtimes
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#BigWind
avoids taking responsibility for their environmental “train wrecks”. Thankfully no PEOPLE have been hurt, yes, but the
#MarineAnimals
are eating this toxic debris. 3 blade failures in as many months is a RED FLAG! STOP
@VineyardWindUS
now!
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GE Vernova Sees Another Blade Failure at UK Offshore Wind Farm - Bloomberg. Time to stop the destruction of our
#oceans
. Stop
@BigWind
&
@VineyardWindUS
NOW!
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
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Another
#DeadWhale
; this time a
#PilotWhale
. Found yesterday on
#MoonstoneBeach
, RI just down the road from where yesterday’s
#FinWhale
had to be euthanized. Does anyone remember a year with this many
#DeadWhales
on the
#EastCoast
? ENOUGH!
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Nantucket Land & Water Council making a strong statement Re: the
@VineyardWindUS
blade explosion/disaster that continues to pollute the ocean & coastal communities for 7 weeks.
@GreenOceansRI
@nJ
coast_protect
@saveLBIorg
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The public is catching on to the real downsides of
#BigWind
. This is a must read: Analyzing the Impact of Wind Turbines on Marine Life and Local Climate
@ACKCurrent
@nypost
@nytimes
@SaveNARW
@GreenOceansRI
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Read N-Magazine Publisher
#BrucePercelay
letter with respect to the
@VineyardWindUS
#BigWind
project that will likely “…haunt us for years to come”.
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@nytimes
@GreenOceansRI
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Aside from the
#environmental
disasters from
#BigWind
, the public has questions about the economics and pricing. This is Point Judith today…STOP THESE PROJECTS!
@SaveNARW
@njcoast_protect
@GreenOceansRI
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Let’s hope so. This is an abomination.
Nantucket’s Select Board will meet in an executive session next week to discuss:
“Potential Litigation by the Town Against
Vineyard Wind”
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Nantucket native speaks out. Time for municipalities to say “NO” to
#BigOffshoreWind
.
@InkyM
@ACKCurrent
@capecodtimes
@vineyardgazette
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It’s about time
@VineyardWindUS
was shut down. Perhaps NOAA will look at more than just the broken blade disaster & protect the
#Whales
from
#BitOffshoreWind
industrialization of our
#Ocean
.
Vineyard Wind’s “operations are shut down until further notice.”
This is according to the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
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Where is
@VineyardWindUS
? NOT the “good neighbor”, are they? Thank you Nantucket lifeguards and Town staff for bulldozing and bagging what appears to be a lot of Non-recyclable and sharp
#BigWind
debris.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@TownofNantucket
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Vineyard Wind’s “Jack-Up Barge” dumping into the
#ocean
right off Nantucket. This is JUST THE BEGINNING.
#BigOffshoreWind
is NOT
#Green
.
@saveLBIorg
@SaveNARW
@CleanOcean
@njcoast_protect
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The backlash from
@VineyardWindUS
blade crisis is real and still impacting our
#ocean
and
#beaches
.
@GreenOceansRI
@njcoast_protect
@SaveNARW
We learned an amazing amount by speaking with Val Oliver and Veronica Bonnet from
@ack4whales
who have been raising questions about
#vineyardwind
for years.
#mapoli
#ack
#capecod
#marthasvineyard
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ANOTHER
#DeadWhale
, a minke. Found today on Nantucket’s south shore where the horizon is filling in with the
#BigOffshoreWind
power plant buildout that’s coming our way.
@NOAA
@BOEM
, please follow your own laws. DISGRACEFUL.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
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A bad situation getting worse…
NEW: GE Vernova informed Nantucket officials this afternoon that several sections of the damaged turbine blade detached from the hub. Some large pieces entered the water column, while smaller pieces floated on the surface. Additional debris landed on the turbine platform.
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Where does
@VineyardWindUS
disaster stand now? This is damaged & the source of the environmental disaster on/off Nantucket’s shores. As of last of night most of the broken blade was still hanging & in jeopardy of crashing into the ocean.
@stoolpresidente
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I guess we’ll hear, “nothing to see here” again? At some point the
#media
need to go after the story and dig deeper than the normal regurgitation of the rhetoric being promulgated by
#BigOffshoreWind
and their paid-for mouthpieces. No more
#DeadWhales
.
New: Dead Humpback Whale-Brant Beach-Today begins with very sad news of yet another whale stranding on our own
#LBI
beach. Nearly 100 whales have died on the East Coast from Dec 2022 to now.
#MarineMammals
#SaveTheWhales
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No explanation??!! What is happening here? The public deserves answers after the
@VineyardWindUS
blade explosion that is still polluting our ocean and beaches.
@GreenOceansRI
@SaveNARW
DEVELOPING: A Vineyard Wind heavy lift vessel left the Port of New Bedford on Friday with two blades. But it didn’t head out to the wind farm, it’s returning to Cherbourg, France where GE Vernova has one of its two manufacturing plants making the blades for the Haliade-X turbines
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All south shore Nantucket Beaches closed due to debris from a broken turbine. A disaster for the environment or Nantucket’s tourism economy. Stop
#BigWind
now before it’s too late.
@GreenOceansRI
@saveLBIorg
@ACKCurrent
🚨 All of Nantucket’s south shore beaches have been CLOSED by the town due to the debris washing up from Vineyard Wind’s broken turbine.
“The water is closed to swimming on all south shore beaches, due to large floating debris and sharp fiberglass shards,” per
@ackharbormaster
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The good news is the epic
#turbine
failure off Nantucket happened now, before the full buildout of the 1400 square mile power plant.
@NOAA
@BOEM
@BSEEgov
it’s time to shut down
#BigWind
for good.
@saveLBIorg
@SaveNARW
@GreenOceansRI
The broken wind turbine blade in
#Nantucket
was 351 feet long and weighed 57 tons.
@SaveLBI
has serious concerns that remain unaddressed about the proposed
#ATLShoresWind
projects
@GovMurphy
, including over 350 turbines 9 miles off the coast of LBI.
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Grateful for all the sponsors helping us out. Very excited for tonight’s event at 167 RAW. We thank the Nantucket community for stepping up, buying tix & supporting the effort to STOP
#BigWind
from devastating our ocean & destroying Nantucket. 6:00 pm
@ACKCurrent
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It’s time
@VineyardWindUS
does some explaining. They are the contractors of this project & they need to give us answers. How many more blades have to explode & pollute our ocean?
@GreenOceansRI
@SaveNARW
@
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Yet ANOTHER critically endangered
#NorthAtlanticRightWhale
found dead off East Coast…why isn’t someone stopping this? Where is
@NOAA
?
#SaveWhales
! How many
#DeadWhales
will it take?
@ACKCurrent
@BostonGlobe
@nytimes
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It just keeps getting worse. We need to pause
#BigOffshoreWind
projects and protect
#Whales
! Protect our
#environment
! Protect our
#Ocean
! It’s time to say “NO” to
#BigOffshoreWind
.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@BostonGlobe
@nypost
NY Harbor
May 4, 2023
Yet another whale—this time a fin or sei whale. According to
@NOAA
, only 1/3 dead whales are ever seen. This is the 23rd known death in Atlantic coastal waters in 2024 during a time of intense OSW surveys.
@BostonGlobe
@NPR
@mtkblb
@robertwrand
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The shattered jagged toxic blade has forced conversations about the “clean green energy”
#BigOffshoreWind
and Limited Liability Companies like
@VineyardWindUS
claim to produce. It’s neither.
@saveLBIorg
@GreenOceansRI
@SaveNARW
@nypost
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, just arrived on Nantucket for a fundraiser.
Island lobsterman Dan Pronk was waiting to greet him near the airport with a piece of Vineyard Wind debris.
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And soon there will be 1400 turbines, each with 3 blades that might break like this one. Imagine the environmental disaster in the ocean, this is just a small beach. It’s time to pause these projects and do a lot more work.
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#Whale
deaths are alarming, but not alarming enough for
@NOAA
&
@BOEM
to pause
#BigOffshoreWind
industrialization of our
#ocean
. How reckless is this? Advancing projects at all costs?
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
@BostonGlobe
@nypost
An environmental catastrophe is unfolding in front of our very eyes! On May 7th, two more whales were found washed up on our shores—one in Sandy Hook, NJ, and the other in Westport, MA. Notably, Westport lies amidst two bustling offshore wind industrial zones. Yet, there's an
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Brace yourselves, Nantucket.
@VineyardWindUS
hinting that the rest of the broken blade is teetering. Seems like the environmental disaster is about to get worse…maybe a lot worse. And please, stop telling us that the debris isn’t toxic.
@ACKCurrent
@InkyM
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