Save LBI Challenges Push to Revive NJ Offshore Wind Energy

September 23, 2026 | thesandpiper.net

A local grassroots organization is clapping back against offshore wind after a Sept. 10 press briefing in Hammonton, where some of New Jersey’s federal lawmakers and project supporters renewed a call to expand the industry, despite concerns turbines could interfere with military radar.

“Considering the many negative impacts of these projects brought to light over the last few years, the intense shore community opposition to them and the widespread concern over keeping electricity and other basic needs affordable, the obsession with these offshore wind projects is hard to fathom,” said Bob Stern, president of Save LBI and a former manager of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Affairs for the Department of Energy.

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