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Proposed legislation would ban wind turbines on New York’s lakes
Credit: SHOW OF SUPPORT: Conservation Council endorses Borello’s proposal | The Daily News | www.thedailynewsonline.com ~~
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ALBANY – The New York State Conservation Council is supporting legislation sponsored by Senator George Borrello to ban wind turbines on New York’s lakes and bodies of freshwater.
Concerned about the threat they say wind turbines pose to the environment, NYSCC Board Members voted to support Borrello’s bill and companion legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Brian Mankelow, R-Lyons, during NYSCC’s May Board of Directors meeting.
“The New York State Conservation Council has been fighting to protect our natural resources for 88 years,” said Borello, R-Sunset Bay, in a news release. “They recognize that once these wind turbines are forced into our lakes, the damage is done. I want to thank them for lending their voice to this fight and supporting my bill and its companion legislation sponsored by my colleague Assemblyman Brian Mankelow.”
In their memorandum, NYSCC board members said they are concerned that the negative impacts of allowing wind turbines in New York’s lakes aren’t being considered. Their memo reads in part:
“Moving forward on the construction of offshore wind turbines at this time is little more than a best guess from insufficient information. This is a guess we cannot afford to be wrong about. It is essential to enact this proposed moratorium until such time as significant supportive data becomes available … The NYSCC believes that too little is currently known at this time to support the installation of wind turbines on Lake Erie and other bodies of water. Therefore, we support the proposed legislative moratorium.”
NYSCC Board President A. Charles Parker said there is too much at stake to allow wind turbines in New York’s lakes.
“We can’t afford to be wrong, not with our great lakes,” he said. “There’s not enough known. The data isn’t there and it’s just not worth the risk.”
Borrello said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push to litter New York’s lakes with wind turbines is a move to appease his political supporters, not address climate change.
“This is nothing but crony capitalism gift wrapped to look like environmental policy,” he said. “Gov. Cuomo and his friends and allies who benefit from these projects would allow 460-foot industrial wind turbines in the waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario without considering the impact on the environment or human health. This reckless push to industrialize our freshwater lakes is more about promoting a false political agenda than doing anything meaningful to reduce carbon emissions.”
Senator Borrello said the governor’s green energy agenda also unfairly targets upstate New York.
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