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Brigantine NJ, after the 7th dead whale washed up in the NJ and NY Wind Farm shore areas and New Jersey bought and paid for “environmental groups” make excuses for Governor Murphy, for the City of Brigantine is demanding a complete stop to all work for offshore wind power until federal and state agencies investigate whether the projects are responsible for a spate of recent whale deaths. City council voted nearly unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the moratorium at Wednesday night’s meeting, with one member Rick Delucry voting to abstain. New Jersey 101.5 reached out to Delucry for comment Thursday. “This resolution isn’t about being for or against ocean wind projects, it’s about our due diligence and getting real scientifically supported facts about the potential impacts that these ocean wind projects could have on whales and other marine life,” Mayor Vince Sera said in a statement. Gov. Phil Murphy last week called the whale deaths “tragic” but said offshore wind projects would not be halted.
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