TRENTON, NJ – Wind companies are donating huge money to conservation groups in New Jersey, which New Jersey Senator Michael Testa believes is why groups like the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are ignoring the massive uptick in whale and dolphin deaths at the Jersey Shore.
Testa spoke to Fox News host Martha MacCallum in studio this week.
Testa and other legislators are calling for a 60 day halt on the massive wind farm being constructed off the coast of the Jersey Shore, but Governor Phil Murphy and Democrats in Trenton are ignoring them.
Environmental advocacy groups like the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are being called out for their hypocrisy by critics who argue that their silence on offshore drilling is indicative of their true motivations.
The comments came from a recent interview in which Amy Disibio, a critic of the environmental groups, alleged that big wind donors were providing significant funding to organizations such as the Audubon Society, Greenpeace, and the Sierra Club.
Disibio argued that the organizations are no longer culturally relevant and are merely interested in profiting from their image as environmental advocates.
She said that if a whale were to die due to offshore drilling, these groups would be on the beach holding hands, surrounding the whale carcass, and singing Kumbaya.
However, the groups are not currently speaking out against offshore wind farms and sonar surveys being conducted in New Jersey.
“The silence of these organizations is considered deafening by some, especially when compared to the environmental activism of the past,” she said. “When “save the whales” bumper stickers were popular in the 1980s, environmental activism was a cultural force to be reckoned with.”
Today, she said, the mission of these groups is unclear, and their priorities may not be aligned with the best interests of the environment, but instead with “Big Wind”.