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    Default How will Ted Kennedy stop the wind farm from wrecking his view now?

    Federal report favorable on wind farm
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    January 14, 2008 12:21 PM

    By Beth Daley, Globe Staff

    A proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound would have little lasting impact on wildlife, navigation and tourism, a long-awaited review by the federal government concludes.

    The draft environmental review by the Minerals Management Service, the lead federal permitting agency for the project, is the main remaining hurdle the wind farm developer has to overcome to build the nation’s first offshore wind park.

    "Most of the impacts are minor or negligible," Rodney Cluck, the project manager of the wind farm for the Minerals Management Service, said in a telephone interview this morning. While some effects, such as those upon sea ducks that could be displaced, were declared "moderate" in the nearly 2,000 page draft environmental impact statement, Cluck said "we feel we can mitigate most of those."

    Environmentalists immediately celebrated, saying the draft review concludes what many of them have consistently said in the seven years since the wind farm was first proposed by Cape Wind Associates: Its environmental benefits -- clean energy that can meet the equivalent of three-quarters of Cape Cod's power needs -- will far outweigh any detriments.

    Cape Wind Associates will comment on the report at an afternoon news conference, and a spokeswoman for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the lead opposition group to the project, said it would comment this afternoon as well, after reading the document.

    Many of the Alliance's key claims that the wind project would threaten boat navigation, fish, birds and tourism were not sustained by the federal review. The agency looked at the entire impact of the project, from its construction to future decommissioning.

    "They have done an adequate and thorough job of reviewing the potential environmental impacts with regard to avian life," said Jack Clarke, director of public policy & government relations for Massachusetts Audubon. His group last year called for more study of the impact on birds and Clarke said the federal agency’s report appears to satisfy those concerns.

    The saga of the wind farm -- which has weathered multiple political efforts to kill it -- is far from over, however. The Minerals Management Service will allow public comment on the draft report through March 20 and hold a series of public hearings that month. A final environmental review is not expected until November. Then, the agency will determine lease payments Cape Wind would have to pay for use of submerged public lands, and make a final decision whether to approve or reject the project.

    Cape Wind also still has to receive more than half a dozen state and local permits. The Cape Cod Commission, a regulatory agency, recently rejected a request to run two transmission lines from the project to the regional power grid in Yarmouth. Cape Wind subsequently asked the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board to overrule that decision and consolidate seven other local and state permits into one decision. The Siting Board will hold hearings on the Cape Wind's proposal in April.

    It is also expected that opponents would file lawsuits seeking to stop the project should it win final approval.
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    Where does Kennedy come into this?

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    yeah, where was Kennedy mentioned ?
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    oh sorry guys. i figured you knew he was the major opponent.

    everyone up here knows he doesn't want it in his backyard.

    here is a little background.. but not the whole story:
    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...e_wind/?page=2
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    Kennedy was a big opponent of the wind farm. He lived by there, and believed that it would "disrupt tourism" - politician speak for "wreck my view". The wind turbines, however, are actually nearly invisible from shore, and it was just a big case of false outrage. So, Kennedy started to duck in different ways - saying that it would hurt the enviroment. What a hippocrit.
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    It's not in his "backyard."

    I'm not a fan of Kennedy, but his reasons for opposing this windfarm had nothing to do with its proximity to the "compound," which would have been completely unaffected by it.

    It's just Rush Limbaugh propoganda...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onceler View Post
    It's not in his "backyard."

    I'm not a fan of Kennedy, but his reasons for opposing this windfarm had nothing to do with its proximity to the "compound," which would have been completely unaffected by it.

    It's just Rush Limbaugh propoganda...
    LOL do you really believe that? come on man. why is teddy opposed to putting a wind farm in capecod? is he also opposed to other areas around America for the same reason?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chapdog View Post
    LOL do you really believe that? come on man. why is teddy opposed to putting a wind farm in capecod? is he also opposed to other areas around America for the same reason?
    Do some research on it before you go spouting right-wing propoganda. It's not "do I really believe it."

    I really don't have time right now; we talked about this on a FP thread, which I think you abandoned after too many facts about it were brought to light. It has absolutely nothing to do w/ the 'backyard' claim. That's just stupid.

    Like I said, I'm no Kennedy fan, so I have no stake in this. But the 'backyard' claim is just BS, Limbaugh-based propoganda...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onceler View Post
    It's not in his "backyard."

    I'm not a fan of Kennedy, but his reasons for opposing this windfarm had nothing to do with its proximity to the "compound," which would have been completely unaffected by it.

    It's just Rush Limbaugh propoganda...
    You are correct, it has nothing to do with his views from the compound. It has more to do with him and his neighbors not wanting to give up their sailing areas. He has NO legitimate reason for opposing the windfarms. None.

    Acting as if it is "Rush propaganda" is simply "kennedy propaganda" being spoon fed to you by moveon.org.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    You are correct, it has nothing to do with his views from the compound. It has more to do with him and his neighbors not wanting to give up their sailing areas. He has NO legitimate reason for opposing the windfarms. None.

    Acting as if it is "Rush propaganda" is simply "kennedy propaganda" being spoon fed to you by moveon.org.
    I don't understand that at all. Sail around the damn things. There is a ski area in WV that is across the valley from a large wind farm, and on a clear day it is a fascinating sight. Its a tourist attraction as far as I'm concerned.

    There is also a puny sigle turbine near Beech Mountain, NC, also a nice sight. Yet a recent proposal from to put several on a farm near Boone, NC was soundly rejected, and this is a liberal, college town.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southern Man View Post
    I don't understand that at all. Sail around the damn things. There is a ski area in WV that is across the valley from a large wind farm, and on a clear day it is a fascinating sight. Its a tourist attraction as far as I'm concerned.

    There is also a puny sigle turbine near Beech Mountain, NC, also a nice sight. Yet a recent proposal from to put several on a farm near Boone, NC was soundly rejected, and this is a liberal, college town.
    I don't understand it either. The only thing I can figure is that the Kennedy's are worried that one of their drunken clan will run into the things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    I don't understand it either. The only thing I can figure is that the Kennedy's are worried that one of their drunken clan will run into the things.
    LOL.

    Seriously though I think it points to the true agenda of extreme liberals. They don't give a damn about the environment. All they want is the power to tell other people what to do and make them miserable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    I don't understand it either. The only thing I can figure is that the Kennedy's are worried that one of their drunken clan will run into the things.
    They could be playing "Boat Football"... I think it is much like "Ski Football" where you don't pay attention, ski while drunk, and hit trees while trying to catch footballs tossed back to you across the mountain...
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    Kennedy wants more global warming.
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    And why are we not allowed to drill for oil off the Fl coast ? Kennedy ?
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