The Truth About Off-Shore Wind

Source: REACT Alliance | California, Flyers

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THE IMPACT TO MARINE LIFE IS DEVASTATING.
• High-decibel surveys kill and injure sea life
• Offshore wind vessel traffic kills and injures marine mammals
• Severe disruption of marine mammal migration, feeding and breeding
• Birds killed by turbine blades
• Destroys underwater habitats

COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC IMPACTS
• Industrialization of our towns and harbors
• Significant increase in energy costs
• Severe negative impact to the fishing industry
• Damage to our tourism and coastal beauty
• 1000-ft.-tall turbines visible from the shore

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
• Major carbon footprint with tons of non-recyclable waste
• Substations will utilize the federally banned process of once-through cooling
• Wind turbines use SF6, the most potent chemically reactive greenhouse gas
• Increased air, noise and light pollution from industrial ports

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