Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy.

Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy.

In recent months, conservatives including former President Donald Trump have claimed construction of offshore wind turbines is killing the giant animals.

Scientists say there is no credible evidence linking offshore wind farms to whale deaths. But that hasn’t stopped conservative groups and ad hoc “not in my back yard”-style anti-development groups from making the connection.

The Associated Press sorts fact from fiction when it comes to whales and wind power as the rare North Atlantic right whale’s migration season gets underway.

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    70·
    6 months ago

    If a conservative is against it:

    • their claims are likely untrue
    • the thing they’re against will cost them money
    • the thing probably helps you or others like you
    • the thing isn’t something they’re invested in, otherwise they’d be for it
    • taken out of the context of politics, a normal, well adjusted person would probably be in favor of the thing