Pallone Laments Increasing Partisanship of Offshore Wind Debate

After a long period of relatively uncontroversial progress, offshore wind development in New Jersey appears to have finally run into a brick wall of partisanship. Democrats remain in favor of building wind turbines along the Jersey Shore, but most Republicans are now firmly opposed, a Monmouth University poll found this morning (8/29).

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), a longtime offshore wind supporter who represents a large chunk of the Shore, says there’s a clear culprit for the shift: constant anti-wind attacks from Republican politicians and conservative media outlets.