Breaking the myth: Offshore wind power and protecting whales.

Some people are saying that building wind farms in the ocean is harming big sea animals like whales, but scientists haven't found proof this is true. However, this hasn't stopped some groups from arguing against the development of wind farms near the coast.

Right now, in the United States, there are two big wind farms being built in the ocean to make clean energy. The government wants to use wind from the ocean to power lots of homes as part of their plan to help the environment.

Even though there's talk about wind farms hurting whales, experts say they haven't found any whales hurt by these projects. Since some whales started dying in 2016, researchers are looking more into why this is happening, but it's not because of the wind farms.

Whales face dangers from ships and getting caught in fishing stuff, not so much from the wind farms. People who want to protect whales think focusing on wind farms is distracting from the real problems whales face.

Offshore wind farms are trying to be careful not to harm sea animals by doing things like checking the water for whales and using technology to quiet noises. But, there are still some groups and politicians who don't want wind farms near the coast because they're worried about different things, including how they look and how they might affect the sea animals.