Ajax Eastman's Feb. 7 piece, "Wind power advocates full of hot air," presents the vastly distorted impression that the Maryland environmental community is divided on the issue of offshore wind power. This is not true. All of the state's major environmental groups — the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Environment Maryland, the National Wildlife Foundation and the Maryland League of Conservation Voters — firmly support Gov. Martin O'Malley's Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act.
Ms. Eastman loses credibility among mainstream environmental advocates by supporting the expansion of expensive, dangerous nuclear power plants instead of offshore wind power development. In fact, none of the leading environmental groups listed above share her view, as the dangers associated with nuclear power are numerous and well documented. Ms. Eastman also fails to mention the fact that uranium is not a renewable resource. Many estimates put total global supply at less than 75 years. What does she suggest Maryland do to meet our energy needs after that?
