PETITION FOR THE NANTUCKET SELECT BOARD TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT & CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON ALL FUTURE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS OFF OUR SHORES.*

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Right now, mass industrialization of our oceans is underway and the Select Board must withdraw from the Good Neighbor agreement and call for a moratorium on all future offshore wind projects. The offshore wind turbines installed today, are just the beginning of a vast effort, led by foreign-owned oil and gas companies, to install roughly 1,300 wind turbines our shores in a combined lease area larger than the state of Rhode Island. As of today, there are more than 30 structures (with the count increasing daily) spanning across our once pristine south shore horizon.

In a very short time, our seascape has become dominated by dystopian steel towers, looming higher than the tallest skyscrapers in Boston— a clear and jarring violation of our National Historic Landmark status. Subsequent projects intend to use turbines that will stand at 1,312 feet tall—far taller than the top floor of the Empire State Building—making them 459 feet (53%) taller than the current 853-foot turbines we see today. These staggering visual impacts are only a small fraction of the problem.

As we’ve already seen, offshore wind projects will pollute our waters, alter our ecosystems, contaminate our food chain, and negatively impact our tourist-driven economy. If we allow the very essence of Nantucket to be destroyed— the feeling of being on an island 30 miles out to sea, the very experience people seek when they choose to vacation and live here—our island will face grave economic consequences.

The push for “green energy” in the form of offshore wind is already showing signs of ecological distress. Since 2022, 72 whale deaths have been highly correlated with the offshore wind sound waves produced by the extremely loud sonar blasting used to plan these projects. This is followed by the noise associated with the pile-driving of Eiffel Tower-sized structures into the ocean floor, the plough-driving of electric cabling into our sea scallop beds, and the never-ending maintenance performed by colossal industrial ships. This is no coincidence—it’s a wake-up call that the worst is yet to come.

Islanders, business owners, this is not some distant future issue that might threaten our livelihoods down the line—it’s here now. It’s time we do what is right for our island and our community and put an end to the industrialization and destruction of our oceans before it’s too late.

It is time for the Nantucket Select Board to act. We must withdraw from the Good Neighbor Agreement and send a message to the state and federal government that we have called for a moratorium to be put in place on all future offshore wind projects off our shores.

Share this message, speak up, get involved, and sign the petition today. The clock is ticking.