Introduction

There has been and continue to be much misinformation about the benefits and damage from
offshore wind projects. Based on Save LBI’s professional level research over the past four years
with respect to the Atlantic Shores project, we provide below what we believe represents both the
unfounded and well-founded information regarding that project. Many of the issues for that project
are found in others.

We hope that offshore wind project proponents will read this, and if their goal is reducing
greenhouse gasses, consider the many other alternative ways of doing that that are far less costly
and environmentally damaging.

Impacts Addressed - Page
1. Climate Change. 2
2. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reductions. 3
3. Sea Level Rise. 4
4. Electric Cost 5
5. Job Creation and Loss. 5
6. Visible Impact. 6
7. Onshore Airborne Noise 8
8. Onshore Air Quality 10
9. Harm to Marine Mammals-Vessel Surveys. 10
10. Harm to Marine Mammals- Pile Driving. 13
11. Harm to Marine Mammals-Turbine Operation 15
12. Air Defense Radars. 18
13. Vessel Navigation Safety. 19
14. Marine Archeological Resources. 20
15. Decommissioning and Turbine Removal. 22