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.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I know it’s you, commie, you’re the only one who replies like this. Did you get banned or something, and had to switch to an alt account?

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      11 months ago

      you’re the only one who replies like this

      cogently, on-topic, and without personal attacks?

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        11 months ago

        Making an individual reply to every sentence in the parent comment, having the effect of spamming the thread with dozens and dozens of replies and chains that make it hard to keep track of what we’re actually arguing about.

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          11 months ago

          i found meandering, multifaceted comments muddy the waters. I think the shorter comments keep it much clearer.