Will Atlantic County Commissioners Join Fight Against Offshore Wind? [Video]

The future of Atlantic County’s economy could be at significant risk, based on the future impacts of offshore wind projects and the industrialization of our ocean.

That’s according to Keith Moore of the Defend Brigantine and Downbeach Coalition.

Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind developers will build 566 highly visible giant wind turbines starting 9 miles off our beaches.

In February of 2023, concerned citizens attended the Atlantic County Commissioners meeting when a decision on an offshore wind resolution was to be presented.

Based on the Commissioners’ comments to the public, the general attitude was, “there is nothing we can do” and “it is a done deal.”

Not one commissioner stated that there was something they could, or should do, about the offshore wind projects.

Now fourteen months later, to the best of our knowledge, Atlantic County Commissioners have taken no public action demonstrating that they educated themselves, informed their public, or hired …