More positives than negatives with wind
Letter to the Editor, Ocean City Today Dispatch
I am writing in support of the US Wind project, and against the inane and expensive reactions of both the Ocean City and Worcester County councils. I am Professor Emeritus of Marine Science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. My graduate students and I have spent the last decade studying marine life in the wind energy development area (WEA) and potential impacts of wind power on them. Most of the arguments concerning potential impacts of wind power on marine wildlife and ecosystems are nonsense…