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More tribes join bid to derail Cape Wind
With the clock ticking on the Cape Wind decision, American Indian tribes across the nation are lining up in support of the Wampanoags.
The San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona and the 25-tribe coalition known as the United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. have both asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to stop the controversial project.
January 26, 2010
by Christine McConville
in Boston Herald
With the clock ticking on the Cape Wind decision, American Indian tribes across the nation are lining up in support of the Wampanoags.
The San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona and the 25-tribe coalition known as the United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. have both asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to stop the controversial project.
"The Cape Winds (sic) wind farm project will forever change the physical integrity of the sacred site," the group said.
For nine years, power plant developer Jim Gordon has tried to obtain federal permits to build what could be the nation's first offshore wind farm.
His 130-turbine project,... [continue via Web link]
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