[MassHistPres] Nantucket Sound Wind Farm

[McClure, Veronica]

Do we really know how the underwater construction of these turbines will affect the seabed and the creatures in it, the water, and the air?

I understand that there are offshore turbines in other locations and have heard them used to justify this installation, but seems to me that the features of each seabed, the methods of construction (will there be blasting?), and the differences in organisms from place to place should caution against automatically assuming that if it works in one location, it will work in any other.

I'm not an expert in these things, but that doesn't mean I can't wonder about them.

Veronica McClure

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