To the Editor:

On the morning of Jan. 22 I walked along the beach on LBI. It was a sunny morning with a slight breeze, days after the latest storm left snow on the ground. All was quiet except for the sound of the waves breaking on the shore. A pristine horizon appeared over the water on this clear, sunny day.

In the next year or two, new growth will appear, starting about 9 miles from shore all along LBI. There will be hundreds of wind turbines at around 1,000 feet tall out in the ocean and visible from shore…

February 1, 2024