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Members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) are disputing that the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm will ruin a ceremony important to the tribe’s culture. In a letter sent Feb. 9 to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Jeffrey Madison, a former member of the Aquinnah tribe’s tribal council and . . . → Read More: Tribe members: Hot air driving wind farm alarm The already twisted Nantucket Sound wind farm saga just got a bit stranger: A Wampanoag tribal member says it is “fabricated cosmology’’ that his tribe performs sun ceremonies that need an unobstructed view of the Sound – as the tribe has claimed in a campaign to halt the energy project off . . . → Read More: Tribe member challenges sun rite in letter to Salazar In a press release sent to news outlets on Friday, Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), outlined the tribe’s opposition to the Cape Wind project in terms of cultural, religious, and environmental concerns. The press release (available at mvtimes.com) followed the visit last week of Secretary . . . → Read More: Tribe explains Cape Wind opposition rooted in history and Indian culture Secretary Salazar said he was “very bullish” about the future of offshore wind energy in general, but that all options were still open regarding Cape Wind’s plan to build 130 turbines on Horseshoe Shoal. “The conclusion might be that we will simply deny the application, or on the other hand that . . . → Read More: Interior Secretary Pays Visit to Wampanoags A divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday clashed over whether the technical language in a recently adopted Aquinnah wind bylaw is in synch with a townwide district of critical planning concern (DCPC) approved over 10 years ago. In the end the commission voted 7-6 that the new bylaw — drafted by . . . → Read More: Aquinnah’s New Wind Bylaw Will Require Minor Retooling Federal authorities plan to open up almost 4,000 square nautical miles of ocean near the Vineyard for potential wind power generation.
A draft Request for Interest (RFI) map presented to a renewable energy task force meeting of state, local and federal representatives on Wednesday identifies a vast arc of ocean, extending from . . . → Read More: Federal Offshore Energy Plans Dwarf Cape Wind A large group of Island planning and conservation officials gathered last week to debate what is expected to be a central dilemma in the months and years to come: how to allow and regulate large-scale wind turbines on the Vineyard while still protecting the Island’s unique culture, environment and economy. Widely . . . → Read More: Wind Rules: Making Up Is Hard to Do After more than eight years of controversy, a final decision on the Cape Wind development planned for Nantucket Sound will be made by the end of April, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar promised this week. Mr. Salazar made the commitment after an exhaustive round of meetings in Washington on . . . → Read More: Island Tribe, Cape Wind Resist Plan to Relocate Turbines to Tuckernuck Representatives of Cape and islands towns, as well as the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee, and Cape Wind met Tuesday with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in Washington, D.C.
The session was part of a series of meetings yesterday and Tuesday with stakeholders in the . . . → Read More: Islanders Meet Feds on Cape Wind U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will meet with Cape Wind opponents and proponents, among them members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe in Washington on Wednesday, following this week’s finding that Nantucket Sound was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic places. Monday’s announcement by the National Park . . . → Read More: Ruling by Park Service Favors Tribes; Secretary Salazar Calls a Summit The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is specifically excluded from any role in deciding whether or not commercial-scale wind power could be developed in the waters off the Elizabeth Islands, under the final version of the state’s controversial Ocean Management Plan, released this week. That exclusion raises the prospect that scores of turbines, . . . → Read More: State’s Final Ocean Management Plan Exempts Gosnold from MVC Review Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles released the final version of the ocean management plan Monday. He and other state officials described it as the nation’s first comprehensive plan to protect critical marine resources and foster sustainable uses in the state’s ocean waters. The plan provides a measure of . . . → Read More: Final Ocean Act Plan Set The Obama administration signaled a sudden urgency yesterday to resolve the nine-year dispute over building a wind farm off Cape Cod, as US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced he would summon key parties to a meeting next week in hope of concluding the decision process within two months. Click here . . . → Read More: A Decision in Sight on Cape Wind Dispute The late Lillian Hellman did not have to wait long for validation of her talent — many of her 12 plays, including The Children’s Hour and The Little Foxes, were instant successes. But some of her other contributions have taken a bit longer — in this case, more . . . → Read More: Lost in Dramas , Hellman Legacy Makes Entrance A small group of Island farmers appeared before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday to voice concerns over a proposal to nominate nearly all of the air space over the Island as a special protection zone to control the development of land-based wind turbines.
If it is designated, the district of . . . → Read More: Wind Restrictions Could Thwart Farmers’ Plan to Power Schools |
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