Book Author Coming To Ocean City To Discuss Wind Energy

OCEAN CITY, NJ — A best-selling author is scheduled to speak about offshore wind energy at the Ocean City Music Pier on Thursday.

Shellenberger’s appearance at 7 p.m. is part of an event organized by Save Our Shoreline – Stop the Wind Farms Off the Coast of NJ, a Facebook group opposed to the offshore wind farm project.

Michael Shellenberger wrote a book “Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All,” in which he argues that “climate change is real but it’s not the end of the world.”

The book was praised by Harvard University’s Steven Pinker, MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel, and the former CEO and Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy, according to a news release.

Shellenberger was named Time Magazine’s “Hero of the Environment” for his environmental advocacy. He is also the president of Environmental Progress, an independent, nonpartisan research organization based in Berkeley, California.

Tickets for the event can be purchased here.

Shellenberger is expected to discuss the state’s most recent legislation which gives the state Board of Public Utilities the authority over local governments to construct and maintain wires and associated infrastructure as long as they run under streets or other public property in any municipality.

New Jersey approved contracts for two offshore wind farms on June 30 that will generate enough electricity to power 1.15 million homes, according to officials.

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