Residents concerned about electromagnetic fields and construction won a victory against landing an offshore wind transmission line in Long Beach.
LONG BEACH, N.Y. -- A major renewable energy project off Long Island suffered a big blow on Friday when Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a controversial bill that would've expedited a planned wind farm off Long Beach. Residents concerned about electromagnetic fields and construction won a victory against landing an offshore wind transmission line there. 'They've never done this on a community like this.
' Opponents said they support the transition away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, but the transmission line doesn't belong under densely-populated communities. 'They were going to put electromagnetic cables in the ground, which, unfortunately, Long Island has a high cancer rate. Now we are going to have electromagnetic fields to this degree?' said Assemblyman Ari Brown, a Republican from Cedarhurst.
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