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Nobody pays much attention to New Jersey, and I can’t always blame them, but the big issue in the state, especially in beachfront communities that derive much of their income from tourism, were the offshore wind farms.
Offshore wind farms have been a mess in the UK, but New Jersey was going to be the big launching pad in America. Cape May, which is fairly conservative, turned-out protesters and pointed to the rising number of whale deaths, but nothing was going to stop Gov. Murphy from ramming through the offshore wind farms that no one wanted.
New Jersey is poised to enact a controversial law that supporters say will help save the state’s footing in the fledgling wind industry, especially amid the fight against climate change, while opponents decry it as a corporate bailout for a foreign company that will lead to higher energy rates…
