By Colin Kennedy

Offshore wind farms, tidal power, and wave power have tremendous momentum in the push for green energy and may also pose serious threats to marine life. For all three sources, the best place to harness that energy is in the most critical space for marine life: the coast. The wind, waves, and tide are more abundant, stronger, and easier to capture on the coast than if placed elsewhere. Marine life peaks on the coast; many species of fish and mammals spend their lives on the coast as they naturally rely on it to eat, procreate, and give birth. Not only do green energy initiatives need to be placed in a critical area in the marine ecosystem to best harness and harvest the energy, the long-term problems that come from these projects could also have a lasting impact . . .