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Inside the fight over dead whales and wind

New Jersey's environment chief explains what it's like being on the front lines of Republicans' newest culture war.

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Emily Atkin
May 31, 2023
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Look, I don’t like this either, but there are literally *multiple* offshore wind protestors on Getty Images holding signs that say “Whale lives matter.” So I figured I had to show you. Source: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images

Dead whales have been washing up at a concerning rate along the Atlantic Coast since 2016. But it’s really only this year that

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