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In honor of the World Series, First Wind IPO is going, going … gone!

Batter Up! – Over at Breaking Wind on October 24 we noted that First Wind wanted to trade on NASDAQ.   Michael Hennessy, a wind energy analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance in New York City, made this comment in the … Continue reading

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Jon Boone pans “Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound.”

Gasmarket.ca  – Gas Market and Alternative energy sources offers a very positive review of “Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound.”  Calling it an “acidly funny account of the battle over … Continue reading

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HEAVY TOLL ON WILDLIFE PROMPTS LAWSUIT AGAINST CAPE WIND

From Save Our Sound: For Immediate Release:  Friday, June 25, 2010 Contact:  Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [PEER]; Paula Dinerstein (202) 265-7337 [PEER]; Jessica Almy (202) 588-5206 [Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal] HEAVY TOLL ON WILDLIFE PROMPTS LAWSUIT AGAINST CAPE WIND Scientific … Continue reading

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Boston Television Reporter apologizes for support of Cape Wind – w/Video

Thanks to Jon Boone for directing us to this incredible video: There is little to add! Well, except maybe this:  Cape Wind already being compared to the “Big Dig.” This can’t be good! and maybe this:  I’m confused: Salazar employs MMS … Continue reading

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Cape Wind already being compared to the “Big Dig.” This can’t be good!

Take a look at this read at BostonHerald.com for their comparisons, and then go to Jay Fitzgerald’s piece for commentary. “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana

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I’m confused: Salazar employs MMS support of Developer to approve Cape Wind, then splits the agency to eliminate potential “conflict of interest?”

A week ago we posed this:  “Cape Wind” Tribes might want to ask: Is the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service simply a rubber stamp for disaster? As pointed out then, the MMS gave a pass on the design and construction … Continue reading

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“Cape Wind” Tribes might want to ask: Is the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service simply a rubber stamp for disaster?

In a New York Times opinion piece, which I commented on recently, there was some dispute about moving forward with the Cape Wind project, which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has since approved. In my post I noted this, ““In addition, … Continue reading

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“… and as the sailors of Cape Cod will tell you over a quiet martini, the wind doesn’t always blow.”

Excellent commentary regarding Cape Wind from Stuart Burns, “Green Light For 130 Wind Turbines Off Cape Cod” “Well intended as the detractors arguments are meant to be however they appear to have missed the most compelling reason for questioning the … Continue reading

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Tribes reject wind farm offer | CapeCodOnline.com

By Patrick Cassidy pcassidy@capecodonline.com February 28, 2010 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 … Continue reading

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Cape Wind: Letter is a call to “honor Obama Administration’s commitment and Trust responsibility to Native Americans”

Barbara Durkin’s letter to Secretary Ken Salazar is provided courtesy of Jon Boone: February 8, 2010 To the Honorable Secretary Ken Salazar: President Obama, the adopted son of Crow Indians, has made a commitment to fully consult and collaborate with … Continue reading

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