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Government sued over Cape Wind project

Cape Cod Times — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:33:59 +0000

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

FAA Says Yes To Cape Wind

MV Gazette — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:15:52 +0000

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

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

MV Times — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:29:10 +0000

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

Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind

MV Gazette — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:41:17 +0000

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 . . . → Read More: Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind

Secretary Salazar approves Cape Wind project in sound

MV Times — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:35:52 +0000

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

Wind Energy and the Vineyard in the News

AGHCA Staff — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:20:41 +0000

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., . . . → Read More: Wind Energy and the Vineyard in the News

Blow dealt to Cape Wind project

Cape Cod Times — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:37:22 +0000

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

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

MV Times — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:59:48 +0000

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

Towns, MVC take up rulemaking for wind energy siting plan

MV Times — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:37 +0000

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

Indian tribe disputes tribal ceremony

Cape Cod Times — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:03:29 +0000

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

Tribe Spurns Offer From Cape Wind To Pay $1 Million

MV Gazette — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:24:06 +0000

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

Tribes reject wind farm offer

Cape Cod Times — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:00:06 +0000

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

Tribes reject wind-fall

AGHCA Staff — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:46:16 +0000

Cape Wind CEO offers millions to halt opposition

Click here to read full Boston Herald article.

Tribal Member Disputes Claim of Sacred Ground

MV Gazette — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:15:09 +0000

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

Wampanoag cultural claim false, some say

MV Times — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:01:49 +0000

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