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Deval Patrick blows off turbine critics
Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday brushed off criticism of his proposal to plant 166 massive wind turbines off the coast of toney Martha's Vineyard, even as he sought to reassure the wealthy enclave's enraged residents he's not spoiling for a fight.
"Wind mills have to go where the wind is," Patrick told the Herald.
December 8, 2009
by Jay Fitzgerald and Edward Mason
in Boston Herald
Governor: Mills ‘have to go where the wind is'
Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday brushed off criticism of his proposal to plant 166 massive wind turbines off the coast of toney Martha's Vineyard, even as he sought to reassure the wealthy enclave's enraged residents he's not spoiling for a fight.
"Wind mills have to go where the wind is," Patrick told the Herald, when asked about the plethora of such projects proposed for Bay State waters.
The Herald reported yesterday that some islanders were up in arms because the Patrick administration is pushing to install 166 wind turbines, comparable to 50-story buildings topped... [continue via Web link]
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