Sacred Land News
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced April 28 that the first offshore wind farm to be built in the United States has been given the green light.
The Nantucket Sound Cape Wind Project, opposed by the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes, will be allowed to proceed provided that measures be undertaken in the construction of the energy farm to minimize negative impacts. Efforts to this end include a reduction in the number of wind turbines from 170 to 130 to reduce visibility from Nantucket Island.
While local reaction to Tuesday’s announcement was mixed, the 2009 passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who was a strong voice against Cape Wind, may have played a factor in the Department of the Interior’s approval of the controversial project.
Read previous SLFP news coverage of this story from April 8 and January 17.
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