Uprising Against Offshore Wind

A West Michigan Anti-Offshore Wind Sign ~Enlarge

Anyone who thinks offshore wind in the Great Lakes is a done deal, had better think twice.  A non-scientific, informal focus group of citizens in shoreline communities that I've visited is overwhelmingly negative.  There is much more willingness to support on-land shoreline wind.  To many, the thought of turbines changing the view of open waters is an attack on something timeless about the Great Lakes. 

The offshore wind proposal along the west side of Michigan is stirring up a hornet's nest of opposition. Take a look at a sign being popularized from north of Muskegon to Ludington (click on the headline above.)