Trump claims offshore wind energy is driving whales ‘loco.’ Scientists disagree

President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked wind energy over alleged impacts to whales. But, NOAA says there’s no tie between offshore wind and strandings

President Donald Trump is once again peddling a largely unfounded claim that wind energy is driving whales crazy.

“You know, in one area, they lost two whales, like, in 20 years washed ashore,” he told reporters at the White House on Wednesday, “and this year they had 17 wash ashore.”

“So, there’s something [that] happened out there,” Trump alleged. “There’s something driving the whales a little bit loco.”

It’s a claim he’s repeated for months. He told the same story about whale strandings in Massachusetts with different numbers in February. “The wind mills are driving the whales crazy, obviously,” he posited. He said the same thing in January, ahead of his inauguration, and brought the issue up during the last days of his campaign. Then, he discussed similar impacts in New Jersey. “

Now, they’re coming up every week. They’re being destroyed because of the sound and the vibration,” he alleged. “It’s so bad.”

Cover photo:  Whales sing after a good meal: Study