Recent News

No 'full, fair hearing' on Cape Wind
6/28/09 Boston Globe Letter to the Editor
YVONNE ABRAHAM deserves some credit for mostly avoiding the low road in her June 21 column on Cape Wind (“Time to end the blustering,’’ Metro). But no one with all the facts could claim that this project has received a “full and fair hearing.’’State agencies have refused to look at the 25-square-mile development’s breadth of impacts...

Appealing to sanity
6/18/09 Cape Cod Times Editorial
Now that the Cape Cod Commission is appealing the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board's approval of the proposed wind farm on Nantucket Sound to the state's highest court, it's important to consider the stakes involved...

Cape Cod panel challenges state on wind farm permit
6/18/09 Boston Globe
The influential Cape Cod Commission is appealing a state board’s recent decision to grant the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm a suite of local permits, warning that the move could mean little local say in future energy projects across the state...

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Recent Press Releases & Statements

06/17/09: Cape Cod Commission, Town of Barnstable, and Alliance Appeal EFSB Decision
05/21/09: Alliance Prepares to Appeal EFSB’s Steamrolling of Local Authority
05/12/09: Mass Energy Facilities Siting Board releases tentitive decision on Cape Wind
04/22/09: DOI finalizes framework for offshore renewable energy
04/21/09: CA leaders emphasize need to zone oceans, protect coastal resources
04/10/09: National organizations call upon Feds to halt review of Cape Wind [Related documents: AOPA, PVA, USET]
04/07/09: APNS on Nantucket Soundkeeper
04/04/09: Cape Wind fails to meet Cape Cod Commission standards
02/25/09: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management violates law on Cape Wind
02/18/09: MMS extends public comment period for Cape Wind FEIS
02/13/09: FAA issues presumed hazard determination for Cape Wind [Related documents: FAA Notice of Presumed Hazard; FAA Public Notice; Image: A Single Summer Day of Flights Over Nantucket Sound]
02/12/09: Leaders request longer Cape Wind comment period
01/16/09: Feds issue report on Cape Wind despite findings of potential radar interference
12/20/08: MA Superior Court rejects Cape Wind motion to dismiss key legal case
12/18/08: Coast Guard acknowledges radar interference, holds highly-controlled meeting
12/11/08: Stakeholders criticize federal review of Cape Wind