Letter: Please, no coast development of wind turbines

It seems pretty clear to me the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM, is proceeding with its plans to enable global energy companies to construct massive electricity producing off-shore floating wind turbines along the 100-miles of the Curry, Coos and Douglas shorelines. Though our communities are united in objecting to this plan, the BOEM is about ready to lease our Pacific Ocean coastal waters to these energy conglomerates. We also have observed the environmental science and integrity of public discourse regarding the impact of these floating off-shore wind turbines (reaching higher than 900” into the sky) has been corrupted with the energy-industry and government infusion of millions of dollars to universities (OSU received $2,000,000, alone) and faux environmental groups to promote the industrialization of our coastline.

On April 27, 2024, our Curry County Community has an opportunity to make our voice heard. We will hold rallies in both Gold Beach and Brookings to let BOEM and the energy conglomerates know their vision and plans are detrimental to our communities and we want their development efforts to stop, now. Our Gold Beach Rally begins at 12-noon and ends at 1:30pm, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in front of the County Courthouse. In Brookings, our Saturday, April 27, Rally begins at 2pm and ends at 3:30pm, and we gather in the Grocery Outlet Parking Lot then will set up in the grassy area next to Hwy 101.

We look forward to joining you at these important community events.

Lynn F. Coker

Wedderburn, OR

Smith River