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Impact of Offshore Wind Turbines on Whales

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published May 24, 2013 at 10:33 AM EDT
Maryland News Connection

With the state of Maryland firming backing development of a wind farm off the state’s coast…there is concern about how those turbines could affect the North Atlantic right whale.

Maryland News Connection report Allison Burns prepared this report.
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Don Rush
Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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