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How pro-fossil fuel groups helped sway the public against offshore wind in New Jersey

It all started with a spate of unusual whale deaths.

A police officer photographs a dead whale on the beach in Seaside Park, N.J., on March 2. A Stockton University poll cited potential harm to sea life and obstructed ocean views as common reasons for opposition to wind turbines.
A police officer photographs a dead whale on the beach in Seaside Park, N.J., on March 2. A Stockton University poll cited potential harm to sea life and obstructed ocean views as common reasons for opposition to wind turbines.Read moreWayne Parry / AP