Tapping offshore wind is critical to a healthier, fossil fuel-free future that avoids the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Along America’s shorelines, offshore wind is generally stronger and more consistent than onshore wind and a key puzzle piece for major coastal cities aiming to meet renewable energy needs. We need offshore wind, and we need to do it right.
Because the ocean life that we rely on for food, jobs, and recreation is struggling to adapt to a hotter, more acidic ocean—while already threatened from decades of overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction—we must develop the new U.S. offshore wind industry in a smart, protective way. As more turbines start spinning along our coasts, there’s an urgent need to ramp up research to learn about this new ocean business, including how it interacts with the marine environment.
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