IN-DEPTH: New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Development Worries Activists

A boatload of activists worry offshore wind on the East Coast threatens everything from whale populations to fishing to local tourism.

Conservation biologist and founder of the SaveOurWhalesNow organization, Trisha DeVoe, on Sept 6., 2023, in Belmar, New Jersey. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times

BELMAR, N.J.—Somewhere off the Jersey Shore, it became clear that the Parker Pete Express wasn’t likely to encounter any whales.

Conservation biologist Trisha DeVoe, the boat’s designated cetacean spotter, broke off an interview with The Epoch Times to speak with the captain. She wanted him to steer the boat toward land.