NJ Republicans eye wind turbine construction moratorium over whale death concerns
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New Jersey Republicans and other opponents of shoreside wind turbines have proposed a moratorium of up to 60 days on construction to assess potential effects on whale mortality.
The two-hour hearing came a week after Democrats, who control the Legislature and the governorship, held a similar hearing and many of New Jersey's major environmental groups said the greatest danger to whales is climate change, not offshore wind generation.
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