President Hill: Stop Delaying Cape Wind
October 20, 2009
 After eight years of delay, the 130-turbine Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts appeared to be ready to start.
Now the project--which would power up to three-quarters of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket with approximately 450 megawatts of emissions-free electricity—is facing another delay. Unions and environmental groups are speaking out.
President Edwin D. Hill joined two local business managers and several environmental organizations in a letter to oppose efforts by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to declare all of Nantucket Sound a sacred burial ground, thus barring alternative energy development.
The letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, Director of the Minerals Management Service, states: “Following an extremely lengthy and rigorous review, approval of the Cape Wind project now will send a critical message to the renewable energy development community and will help lay the strongest possible foundation for offshore wind energy development in the United States.”
Read the entire letter...
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