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Federal government considering adding new offshore wind farms off North Carolina coast :: WRAL.com
Kitty Hawk, N.C. — The federal authorities is contemplating new areas for offshore wind farms within the Atlantic Ocean, together with a number of stretches off the North Carolina coast.
Some Outer Banks communities have issues about ramping up wind vitality off their seashores, and WRAL Information acquired some solutions from the Biden administration.
The Division of the Inside’s Bureau of Ocean Vitality Administration (BOEM) introduced on Wednesday that it’s exploring three areas within the central Atlantic for attainable offshore wind vitality growth.
A spokesperson for BOEM mentioned by means of public feedback and speaking to communities in regards to the potential impacts of offshore wind, their division would drastically slim down the preliminary areas within the hopes of ultimately leasing elements of them to energy firms.
“Whether or not it’s the financial alternatives or the vital significance of preventing local weather change, we need to guarantee that we’re doing this proper from the very starting,” BOEM director Amanda Lefton mentioned.
Lefton mentioned the survey was a part of an effort from the Biden administration to generate 30 gigawatts of energy from offshore wind by 2030. A report from the College of Michigan’s Heart for Sustainable Techniques confirmed that will be about 2.5% of the entire vitality created within the U.S. two years in the past.
So as to add further offshore wind farms, step one within the course of could be BOEM’s name for an data stage.
“To determine areas which might be most fitted for offshore wind, and likewise least impression,” Lefton mentioned. “And, that is actually vital.”
Whereas one of many areas on BOEM’s map was farther out, two of the “name areas” run alongside the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
On Wednesday, WRAL Information went to Dare County to ask what sort of impression offshore wind may have there.
“I’ll let you know that this isn’t the primary time that this got here up,” Dare County Supervisor Bobby Outten mentioned.
Outten was referring to Kitty Hawk offshore, one in all two at the moment deliberate wind farm tasks within the Atlantic Ocean close to North Carolina.
If accredited, development may start off the coast of Dare County as quickly as 2026.
“There was some important public remark and the primary main problem was how far off-shore they’re and are they throughout the viewshed,” Outten mentioned.
Zee Lamb, the president of the Kitty Hawk-based actual property agency Joe Lamb Jr. and Associates, mentioned seeing generators on the horizon may drive vacationers to trip elsewhere.
“I feel it wouldn’t be the very best factor for our neighborhood, for our seashores, for our financial system to have them seen,” Lamb mentioned.
WRAL Information took these issues to the pinnacle of BOEM, who informed us that if the group did select a website off the Outer Banks, it could be situated a minimum of 20 miles out within the ocean, too far to see from shore.
“We began with asking some early inquiries to keep away from some early, apparent conflicts,” Lefton mentioned. “And so visible impacts was one in all them, and so we’re beginning farther from shore even within the name space part.”
Outten additionally mentioned financial impression was on his thoughts.
Whereas wind farms require important manpower and development, Outten mentioned he’d been informed that operations for the Kitty Hawk Offshore website could be primarily based out of a big port like Norfolk in Virginia.
“There weren’t going to be jobs and other people in Dare County that profit our financial system and our of us there,” Outten mentioned.
In response, Lefton mentioned BOEM’s job could be solely to choose wind farm websites primarily based on the surroundings, and that concern wouldn’t be their workplace’s duty.
“I feel quite a lot of the problems that you just’re talking about, about the place the precise financial impacts hit, I feel that’s just a little bit extra of a neighborhood problem and a state problem,” Lefton mentioned.
The general public remark and name for data stage is predicted to final 60 days, coming to an finish in late June.
More than 100 dogs were rescued from an apparent puppy mill in North Carolina where they were kept in “egregious conditions”, an animal shelter said.
The SPCA of Wake county on Wednesday removed 101 dogs from a home that appeared to have been functioning as a puppy mill. In a statement online, the shelter said that the dogs had been “surrounded by their own waste, packed 5 or 6 to a cage and stacked floor to ceiling, or free roaming in cramped quarters and filth”.
The shelter, working alongside Raleigh animal control, also said that there had been numerous mother dogs with very young nursing puppies, adding that 19 of those dogs were now in SPCA Wake’s care.
“These events unfolded very quickly. Within an hour of receiving this call for help, we were on the property ready to take as many pets as possible,” the shelter said.
Pictures posted online showed puppies of various breeds in cages and with matted fur as they were being cared for by shelter employees. Speaking to CBS 17, SPCA Wake spokesperson Samantha Ranlet said that many of the dogs were toy poodle mixes, pomeranians, chihuahuas, yorkies and other small “doodle” mixes.
In a follow-up post on Friday, the shelter said that its medical team had been treating each dog’s individual needs, adding that many of them were suffering from skin and dental issues.
“The matted dirty fur is coming off in heaps,” the shelter said.
Additional pictures posted online showed clumps of matted fur being trimmed from dogs of varying sizes.
“We’re seeing a lot of smiles from these guys. This is the biggest moment in these dogs’ lives, and we are feeling so grateful to be a part of their healing. Thank you to everyone who has donated or reached out in support of these efforts. This rescue is a big undertaking, and we can’t do it without you,” the shelter said.
In addition to the 101 dogs, the homeowner, who police said was “cooperative”, also surrendered 21 chickens.
Speaking to CBS 17, Ranlet said: “The dogs in our care are being medically evaluated and some moved into foster homes … They will be placed up for adoption once they have received veterinary care and recuperated. We need to make sure they are healthy and rehabilitated so they can start fresh as somebody’s family members.”
It remains unclear whether the homeowner will face charges. The Guardian has reached out to the Raleigh police department for comment.
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400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC
The scales of justice came for Pepe.
Cops detained – and rescued – a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and “charged” him on suspicion of being a “dinosaur.”
“Witnesses say he was just chilling and snapping, clearly ignoring the ‘no loitering or lounging on roadways’ sign,” the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a playful press release last week. “Pepe has been cited for Suspicion of Being a Dinosaur Without Proper Papers, Public Loitering with Intent to Sunbathe, and Obstructing Traffic.”
The responding deputies and officers from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission who got the call on May 25 managed to safely remove Pepe, but not before posing for pictures where they straddle him like rodeo riders.
“He was 10 feet long, 400 pounds. He was an absolute monster,” Trevor Dunnell, spokesman for the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office told the Post Thursday.
“They did a fantastic job of wrangling him.”
To indicate the scale of the gator, Dunnell pointed out how, in the picture, even with three grown men on top of him, Pepe’s still not covered.
“The picture really doesn’t do it justice, I mean 10 feet … 10 feet is a basketball goal, that is a massive creature,” he said.
Although 10 feet seems big, it’s nothing compared to the largest gator on record – 14 feet and 3 and a half inches.
Deputies and wildlife officials used a towel to cover Pepe’s eyes — eye contact is what triggers the animal’s notorious death roll, Dunnell explained — and electrical tape to seal his mouth shut.
“It was definitely some MacGyver stuff they had to use,” he said. “He may not have a good time during the removal, but he was playfully enough about it later to understand that, ‘Hey, man, you gotta do what you gotta do.’”
Dunnell said the office received blowback from people online wishing the cops had just left Pepe alone. but Dunnell was quick to point out that leaving the reptile on the side of the road could have posed a hazard not only to residents but also to the gator.
“You never know what can happen when kids are running around,” he said. “And the gator could wind up in the middle of the road. It could hurt drivers but it could hurt him, too.”
Dunnell said he hopes to see body camera footage of Pepe’s apprehension. The two deputies and the wildlife official in the picture are happy to be riding him, Dunnell said, adding that if authorities encounter another Pepe, they’ll know who to call.
“But some deputies were absolutely not fine,” he said. “When they got back, they were saying, ‘You’re not going to catch me on that thing. I’m not going to go anywhere near it!’”
Pepe was far from home, and Dunnell suspects that it was a hot day and he was looking for a good spot to bask.
“How far he wandered is anybody’s guess,” he said. “It must’ve been several miles at least.”
After further investigation, Dunnell said, they declined to charge Pepe. Instead, they drove him to a boat ramp at nearby Camp Geiger, a satellite facility of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
“I think we’ve touched base with the gator and let him know we dropped the charges,” he joked.
“Pepe’s back to his normal routine, he’s hanging out near the beach and lounging in his natural habitat, hunting for his food and looking for a girlfriend.”
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