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Advocates for offshore wind often frame it as a vital step toward a green future, but critics argue that the economic benefits are disproportionately skewed toward wealthy corporations. Many offshore projects are driven by billions in federal subsidies, designed primarily to enrich large energy companies rather than serving environmental or public interests.
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey has been a vocal critic, holding hearings and fighting to prevent the proliferation of these turbines. He describes the turbines as deceptively marketed as bucolic windmills, but in reality, they are industrial giants fraught with environmental hazards, safety concerns, and economic drawbacks such as rising utility costs.