Lawmakers called for a pause on offshore wind power construction Wednesday after eight dolphins washed up and died in a 'mass stranding event' Tuesday in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
Lawmakers called for a pause on offshore wind power construction Wednesday after eight dolphins washed up and died in a"mass stranding event" Tuesday in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
Rep. Chris Smith said Wednesday that the offshore wind project represents a"potentially catastrophic threat" to the coast. But the dolphin deaths are just the latest in a massive spike in marine mammal deaths along the East Coast: Since December, 23 whales, including humpback whales and endangered North American right whales, have washed ashore along the coast.
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