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Cantwell calls for Senate Hearing on Cape Wind
April 8, 2006 by Jack Coleman, correspondent in capecodtoday.com
April 8, 2006 by Jack Coleman, correspondent in capecodtoday.com
In the wake of a closed-door Senate conference committee decision that may doom the Cape Wind project, Sen. Maria Cantwell is calling for Senate hearings to focus more attention "on the federal role in siting offshore alternative energy projects."
A key federal agency said Monday that a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod would pose no major environmental problems, giving a boost to the project that has sparked a long and bitter public fight.
A draft environmental report by the Minerals Management Service said plans by developer Cape Wind Associates to build 130 windmills across 25 miles of federal waters in Nantucket Sound would have mostly 'minor' or 'negligible' effects on wildlife, ocean navigation, fishing and tourism. ...A spokesman for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the leading opposition group to the wind farm, said the report underestimated the project's environmental threats.
'We're disappointed because there are still gaps in what's been put in the report,' said Glenn Wattley in a phone interview with The Associated Press. 'Statements that there is minimal environmental impact, we think are wrong. There are very important and serious impacts.'
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The controversial and long-delayed Cape Wind project - which could become the first offshore wind farm in the United States - is inching forward.
The next milestone is a decision by the Interior Department about whether to issue a lease for the project (something that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar discussed during an interview with The New York Times last week).
But if Cape Wind does manage to leap over all of its hurdles, the question remains: who will make the turbines?
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Congress May Block Plan for a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound
December 15, 2005 by Cornelia Dean in The New York Times
December 15, 2005 by Cornelia Dean in The New York Times
A plan to build what could become the first large offshore wind farm in the United States would be effectively killed by a proposed amendment to a Coast Guard budget bill now making its way through Congress, people on both sides of the issue say
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Cost of green power makes projects tougher sell
November 8, 2010 by Matthew L. Wald and Tom Zeller Jr. in New York Times
November 8, 2010 by Matthew L. Wald and Tom Zeller Jr. in New York Times
Even as many politicians, environmentalists and consumers want renewable energy and reduced dependence on fossil fuels, a growing number of projects are being canceled or delayed because governments are unwilling to add even small amounts to consumers' electricity bills.
Deals to buy renewable power have been scuttled or slowed in states including Florida, Idaho and Kentucky as well as Virginia.
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County stiffens rules for wind turbines
December 7, 2005 by Andrew Silva, Staff Writer in www.sbsun.com
December 7, 2005 by Andrew Silva, Staff Writer in www.sbsun.com
In a battle over blades and breezes, the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday tightened rules regulating home wind turbines that produce electricity.
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