Some activists have raised questions about whether recent whale strandings are tied to offshore wind activities.

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor said Jan. 13 he does not think undersea preparations for offshore wind farms should be halted in response to a recent spate of whale deaths in New Jersey and New York.

Environmental and fishing groups said Tuesday there is "no evidence" that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Environmental and fishing groups said Tuesday there is “no evidence” that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states.

Environmental and fishing groups said Tuesday there is “no evidence” that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states.

Five days after the seventh dead whale in six weeks washed up on New Jersey’s shoreline, environmentalists put out dueling calls to continue or curtail offshore wind work, though no evidence shows it caused the casualties.

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Some environmental advocates in New Jersey are pushing for continued support for offshore wind projects, despite accusations that they've killed multiple whales that have washed up on the shoreline.

Many of New Jersey's leading environmental groups held a press conference on the Atlantic City Boardwalk - directly in front of the local office of an offshore wind company - to support the industry, and decry what they term a false narrative that the industry's testing activities are harming or killing whales.

Five whales have washed up on New Jersey’s beaches in the last 39 days, and this distressing series of events calls for a thorough investigation of the causes

Environmental and fishing groups say there's “no evidence” that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states