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Poll Shows Public Support for Wind Energy in NJ Declining

An aerial snapshot of the five turbines that make up Ørsted's Block Island wind farm in Rhode Island. Ørsted is the Danish company behind the Ocean Wind 1 project. 
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An aerial snapshot of the five turbines that make up Ørsted’s Block Island wind farm in Rhode Island. Ørsted is the Danish company behind the Ocean Wind 1 project.

By Vince Conti

WEST LONG BRANCH – A new poll released by Monmouth University, Aug. 29, shows a decline in public support for the New Jersey offshore wind initiative pushed by Gov. Phil Murphy. A bare majority of New Jersey residents continue to favor the construction of offshore wind farms, but that support has declined steeply from where it stood when the state issued its Energy Master Plan in 2019.

In 2019, support for wind energy generated from offshore wind farms stood at 76%, with only 15% of those polled against it. Four years later, just over half of the respondents (54%) favor wind farm development, with now 40% opposed.

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Vince Conti is a reporter for the Cape May County Herald.

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