This setback is financial," said Anjuli Ramos-Busot, director of the Sierra Club's New Jersey chapter. "We are eager for the third round of solicitations and see this just as a setback in our timeline, not an end to our goals of cleaner air, family-sustaining jobs, and transitioning away from fossil fuels," said Ramos-Busot. Officials in Cape May County, N.J., claimed some credit for Ørsted's retreat with their political opposition and court challenges to the company, state utility and environmental regulators and the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The critical trigger for opposition was a study of the potential visual impact of wind turbines from Cape May beach resorts, that estimated the county's big tourism industry could see a fall-off of 15 percent in visitors, said Len Desiderio, director of the county Board of Commissioners in a Wednesday morning press conference. Alongside tourism was a concern for the region's commercial fishing industry.