Opinion: Marine Conservation Groups In Whale Debate Took Money From Offshore Wind Backers

Marine conservation organizations have raked in donations from companies behind offshore wind energy projects, including the developer of one project potentially linked to a surge in whale deaths along the eastern seaboard, according to a recent report. Avangrid and other backers of some of the biggest offshore wind projects in the U.S. sent funds to marine conservation nonprofits, according to a list by marine life coalition Save Right Whales. Each nonprofit has supported and promoted offshore winds, even after evidence emerged that potentially linked wind farms and other green ventures from one company to a recent increase in whale deaths. Oregon-based Avangrid Renewables operates major offshore wind projects on the east coast.