To President Joe Biden and                                                                                        John Carney, the Governor of Delaware and
Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland 

We the signers of this petition hereby call for the immediate halting of all offshore wind activity currently being progressed (undertaken) and planned off the Delmarva coast. We call on both the Federal Government and the States of Delaware and Maryland to ensure a thorough independent, transparent investigation of the effects on sea mammals, migratory fish and shell fish. We ask these investigations be carried out by federal agencies with independent, third party scientific oversight.

These massive, unprecedented experimental projects have been fast-tracked without meaningful public input, and without all the impacted cities and towns understanding all of the possible hazard and negative effects of an industrialized offshore. 

The undersigned will suffer injury by the proposed offshore wind farms which could result in irreversible ecological damage to the marine environment, including the injury or death of thousands of marine species. Additional injuries include but are to limited to the projected reduction in shore residents' property values, the reduction in tourism by an estimated 15% and how that will adversely affect the hospitality industries as well as the severe impact to the fishing industry which will lead to food insecurity. Additionally these proposed developments are forecasted to increase energy costs to Delmarva ratepayers, and provide no tangible benefits to the people of the Delmarva Peninsula.

This activity is proceeding before the required Environmental Impact Statements have even been finalized. This goes directly against both Federal and State Government's responsibilities to protect the precious, unique, and delicate ocean environment that is beloved and appreciated by so many millions of people from around the world and contradicts the primary goal of environmentalism to conserve our lands, waters and biodiversity through clean energy technologies and infrastructure.

We state here that there are many other strategies that can generate energy in a safer and more environmentally favorable way, so that Delmarva's greatest natural resource is not put at risk. Moreover, the people of the Delmarva Peninsula deserve to know the quantified benefits and corresponding cumulative negative impacts of all such projects, and to participate in ANY such decisions of this magnitude going forward.