Today's Events

  • July 30, 2010 – Board of Selectmen's Meeting, Town Hall
    5:00 pm, Government

Upcoming Events

  • August 16, 2010 – AGHCA Reception
    5:00 pm, General
  • August 17, 2010 – AGHCA Reception Rain Date
    5:00 pm, General
News articles from the MV Gazette and MV Times, as well as other news outlets, are reprinted here with permission.
Jun
26

Government sued over Cape Wind project

The federal government’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm earlier this year is facing its first legal challenge.

A coalition of nine individuals, environmental organizations and the project’s primary opposition group, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, filed a lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. They . . . → Read More: Government sued over Cape Wind project

May
21

FAA Says Yes To Cape Wind

The Federal Aviation Administration this week gave its imprimatur to the Cape Wind development on Nantucket Sound, but with expensive strings attached.

In its decision, the FAA determined the 130-turbine wind farm would have “no substantial effect” on air traffic, but also insisted the project developers pay for the upgrading of . . . → Read More: FAA Says Yes To Cape Wind

May
20

Cape Wind deal means dollars for tribes, higher costs for consumers

Three weeks ago, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved Cape Wind’s plan to place 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe opposed the Cape Wind project on cultural grounds.

Opponents of the wind farm, including both tribes, have . . . → Read More: Cape Wind deal means dollars for tribes, higher costs for consumers

Apr
30

Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind

By MIKE SECCOMBE

Developer Jim Gordon had something to smile about Wednesday.

The federal government has given its blessing to the development of Cape Wind, America’s first big offshore wind farm, on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.

The Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced his decision to approve the project, . . . → Read More: Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind

Apr
29

Secretary Salazar approves Cape Wind project in sound

The federal Department of the Interior has approved the Cape Wind renewable energy project destined for Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar traveled to Boston to announcement his decision. Gov. Deval Patrick, who joined Mr. Salazar at the State House ceremony, said he expects construction on . . . → Read More: Secretary Salazar approves Cape Wind project in sound

Apr
28

Wind Energy and the Vineyard in the News

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Recent wind energy articles from various news sources are linked below.  If you have run across other interesting articles concerning wind power and the Vineyard, please click here to send us an email with the link.

Regulators Approve First Offshore Wind Farm in U.S., New York Times

Nine-year Wind Farm . . . → Read More: Wind Energy and the Vineyard in the News

Apr
03

Blow dealt to Cape Wind project

Opponents of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm scored a key victory yesterday when a federal panel on historic preservation recommended that U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar kill the project.

The recommendation from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is the final piece required in the review of Cape Wind’s . . . → Read More: Blow dealt to Cape Wind project

Mar
11

Cape Wind's effects on Nantucket Sound's historic properties get public airing

The failure of the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes to reach an agreement with the developers of a wind farm in Nantucket Sound to mitigate the project’s effect on historic properties has set the stage for what is expected to be the final public hearing on the project.

Ken Salazar, Secretary . . . → Read More: Cape Wind’s effects on Nantucket Sound’s historic properties get public airing

Mar
11

Towns, MVC take up rulemaking for wind energy siting plan

It’s a matter of deciding which way the wind blows, and where to put turbines in its path. Although that sounds like a simple concept, a draft wind energy siting plan for Dukes County is anything but. The document already is 48 pages long, and that’s before the work group that . . . → Read More: Towns, MVC take up rulemaking for wind energy siting plan

Mar
05

Indian tribe disputes tribal ceremony

A Fall River-based Indian tribe has joined the fray in a dispute over the effects of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm on tribal properties and ceremonies.

In a letter sent earlier this week, the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe chairman George Spring Buffalo questioned contentions that the project’s 130 wind turbines would . . . → Read More: Indian tribe disputes tribal ceremony

Mar
05

Tribe Spurns Offer From Cape Wind To Pay $1 Million

Martha’s Vineyard’s Indian tribe rejected a $1 million inducement to drop its objections to the proposed Cape Wind development in Nantucket Sound, in the interest of preserving a cultural tradition which some tribal members deny even exists.

The offer from Cape Wind was made during a series of meetings convened by . . . → Read More: Tribe Spurns Offer From Cape Wind To Pay $1 Million

Feb
28

Tribes reject wind farm offer

A million-dollar offer by Cape Wind Associates LLC to each of the Indian tribes fighting the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm has been declined.

“A financial offer was made to our tribe and it was rejected,” the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s chairman, Cedric Cromwell, said in a statement e-mailed to the Times. . . . → Read More: Tribes reject wind farm offer

Feb
27

Tribes reject wind-fall

Cape Wind CEO offers millions to halt opposition

Click here to read  full Boston Herald article.

Feb
26

Tribal Member Disputes Claim of Sacred Ground

Adding another twist to the high-stakes gamble for who will win the right to use the ocean waters around the Vineyard for industrial wind power development in the name of green energy progress, a formerly prominent member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has publicly disputed the claim that . . . → Read More: Tribal Member Disputes Claim of Sacred Ground

Feb
25

Wampanoag cultural claim false, some say

Two prominent members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) say there is no historical basis to support claims by tribe leaders that a wind farm in Nantucket Sound would interfere with important cultural ceremonies based on the rising of the sun in the east. They say the claims are . . . → Read More: Wampanoag cultural claim false, some say