To the Editor:

This summer was one to remember. The ocean was shining, the beaches beautiful, the nights full of stars. But all this may change. The Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project looms over the horizon. What’s coming? New Jersey plans to plant about 200 wind turbines in our ocean off LBI, each as tall as the Eiffel Tower. Some will be as close as 8.7 miles from our shore. The ocean view, once untouched, will be crowded with wind farms by 2030, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

These giant turbines will reduce the wind that once reached the coastline, according to the Save LBI advocacy group.

September 25, 2024