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URGENT CALL TO ACTION!
The fate of Nantucket Sound’s eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places rests on the shoulders of Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar. The public has until February 12th to submit comments. Click here for talking points.
To read the Revised Finding, go to: www.mms.gov/offshore/RenewableEnergy/CapeWind.htm
We need to take advantage of this comment period!
Click www.mms.gov to submit your comments electronically. On the right side of the screen, click: "MMS Opens Public Comment Period...," which will bring you to their press release. Scroll to the bottom of the page and copy the docket ID: MMS-2010-OMM-0002. Then click www.regulations.gov. Under: "Enter Keyword or ID" type or paste: MMS-2010-OMM-0002, then click: search. Scroll to the bottom half of the page and click: "Submit a comment" on the right. After you submit your comment, you will receive a confirmation number.
Your comments can also be submitted by mailing them to:
Minerals Management Service
Attention: James F. Bennett
381 Elden Street
Mail Stop 4042
Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817
Envelopes should be marked "Cape Wind Energy Project, Findings Document."
You can also send your comments to pdineen@saveoursound.org and we will forward them for you.
February 8, 2010 - Boston Herald Op/Ed - For Tribe, Cape Wind Like a Bad Film The Wampanoags have logic, as well as culture on their side. Cape Wind is, by any standard, a boondoggle that defies economic logic.The Beacon Hill Institute found that the costs would come to $2.2 billion and the benefits to $1.2 billion. The developers want to go ahead because they would receive more than $1 billion in subsidies from taxpayers and rate payers. The Interior Department, which has the final say on the project, does not want to be bothered with an economic analysis. The entire green-energy, green jobs movement by which the Obama adminstration is enthralled is not driven by facts or logic. Rather it is a secular religion, driven by faith. Link to Full Text
January 13, 2010 - Native American Tribal Leaders and Cape Cod & Island Stakeholders Propose Solution to Protect Key Historic and Cultural Resource Alternate location proposed in meeting with the Secretary of the Interior. Link to APNS Press Release
January 13, 2010 - Op/Ed Boston Globe by Audra Parker: A Better Site For Cape Wind Let's stop wasting time and money trying to put an industrial project into a place it does not belong. Instead, let's build a wind project in a location with far fewer downsides and start providing Massachusetts with clean, renewable power. Link to Full Text
National Park Service Rules Nantucket Sound is Eligible for Listing on National Register Decision confirms need to deny Cape Wind or relocate it to a less conflicted site. The Alliance applauds this decision which confirms that MMS should exercise the leadership necessary to move Cape Wind to another location that will be supportd by all of the stakeholders that depend on and value Nantucket Sound. According to Audra Parker, President and CEO of the Alliance, "The National Park Service determination confirms the historic significance of Nantucket Sound and why this unique and threatened body of water deserves protection. The Sound is absolutely the worst location for a 25 square mile industrial scale wind plant, and the only effective means to mitigate the myriad adverse impacts is to deny the project or relocate it to a less conflicted site outside of Nantucket Sound." Link to Alliance press release.
Dr. Tom King co-author of the National Park Service "Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Property," gave a presentation on Nantucket Sound's eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 2009, at Cape Cod Community College. Link to video: http://www.allmediapro.com/drtomking.html
Joe Kennedy's My View in the Cape Cod Times 01/14/2010: Our political leaders are supposrting the most expensive energy choice for MA residents. For the same cost as Cape Wind we could produce two to three times the amount of renewable energy from onshore wind and spread the benefits throughout the commonwealth - meaning more jobs for our citizens, more tax revenue for our schools and more opportunity for our businesses Link to Full Text
Audra Parker's Cape Cod Times My View 01/19/2010: Any way you slice it, Cape Wind is an expensive venture and cannot survive without heavy public subsidies and higher electric prices on the backs of the homeowners and businesses throughout MA. The bottom line is taxpayers, ratepayers, and those who depend on and value the Sound will pay dearly for this private developer's boondoggle unless we say no. Link to Full Text
See what you can do to designate Nantucket Sound a monument to Senator Kennedy
Looking for a speaker for your next event? Audra Parker, President/CEO of the Alliance would be happy to give a presentation. Email: bpennick@saveoursound.org
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Click here to learn how you can stop Cape Wind now! Because once Nantucket Sound is gone, it's gone forever.
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