Protect Our Coast NY! Save the Whales! Stop offshore wind!
Protect Our Coast NY! Save the Whales! Stop offshore wind!
The Issue
To President Joe Biden and Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York
We the signers of this petition hereby call for the immediate halting of all offshore wind activity currently being progressed (undertaken) along the New York shore. We call on both the Federal Government and the State of New York to ensure a thorough independent, transparent investigation of these 25 (as of this writing) whale deaths. 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 with all the impacted cities and towns denied the right to home rule by executive action of the Governor of New York .
The proposed offshore wind farms could result in irreversible ecological damage to the marine environment, including the injury or death of thousands of marine species, and as a result, greatly diminish the quality of life in our coastal communities. These projects are projected to reduce shore residents' property values, curtail tourism, severely affect the fishing, boating, and hospitality industries, greatly increase energy costs to New York ratepayers, and provide no tangible benefits to the people of the State of New York.
In addition, 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 Executive Order 14008 which is 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 New York greatest natural resource is not put at risk. Moreover, the people of the state 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.
Protect Our Coast NY
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Photo Credit: Edmund J. Coppa
4,665
The Issue
To President Joe Biden and Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York
We the signers of this petition hereby call for the immediate halting of all offshore wind activity currently being progressed (undertaken) along the New York shore. We call on both the Federal Government and the State of New York to ensure a thorough independent, transparent investigation of these 25 (as of this writing) whale deaths. 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 with all the impacted cities and towns denied the right to home rule by executive action of the Governor of New York .
The proposed offshore wind farms could result in irreversible ecological damage to the marine environment, including the injury or death of thousands of marine species, and as a result, greatly diminish the quality of life in our coastal communities. These projects are projected to reduce shore residents' property values, curtail tourism, severely affect the fishing, boating, and hospitality industries, greatly increase energy costs to New York ratepayers, and provide no tangible benefits to the people of the State of New York.
In addition, 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 Executive Order 14008 which is 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 New York greatest natural resource is not put at risk. Moreover, the people of the state 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.
Protect Our Coast NY
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Photo Credit: Edmund J. Coppa
4,665
Supporter Voices
Petition created on March 4, 2023