First, an important update on the trenching of Barnegat Bay, planned in the name of making wind power deliveries to Oyster Creek.

The finalized “permit” between the NJDEP’s Watershed and Land Management bureau and Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm authorizes the construction of “components located within New Jersey State waters and onshore in the State.”

For a firsthand read, check out dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/offshorewind/docs/ocean-wind-1/njdep-oceanwindone-state-permit.pdf.

Upon perusal, I see things are doubly uglyish for anyone into saving Barnegat Bay from the evils men do, which often…