Four upcoming events of interest to wind farm aficionados --
-- on Wednesday July 12, the Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs will hold two public information sessions to allow officials from the state and Patriot Renewables, LLC to describe the proposed South Coast offshore wind project and [...]
... caught one this big!
Which brings to mind the whopper told by Charles Vinick of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound during last week's debate with Cape Wind's Mark Rodgers.
Vinick claimed that commercial fishermen working Nantucket Sound haul in "more than 50 [...]
From a story published Tuesday by The Associated Press --
WASHINGTON -- The nation's top climate scientists are giving 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy.
The former vice president's movie -- replete with the prospect of a flooded [...]
Another dubious claim by US Rep. Bill Delahunt at the end of today's story in the Cape Cod Times about the Cape Wind provision in the Coast Guard funding bill --
"As I've said all along, this project is destined for litigation that will be interminable," Delahunt said.
[...]
Interesting quote from Congressman Bill Delahunt in today's Cape Cod Times about Congress passing the Coast Guard funding bill without the poison pill amendments sought by Cape Wind's opponents.
Instead, "the Coast Guard commandant will decide whether the project would pose a navigational threat in Nantucket Sound," the [...]
First question out of the box during Friday night's debate between Cape Wind's Mark Rodgers and Charles Vinick of the Alliance to Protect to Nantucket Sound, from Rodgers to Vinick -- what is the greatest ecological threat to Nantucket Sound?
Vinick's answer, at least the initial part, [...]
... that so-called "hockey stick" you've heard so much about in recent years, as shown at left from a graph accompanying this story in today's Boston Globe.
"A signature piece of evidence for global warming -- a compilation of data showing that a sharp rise in temperatures [...]
... and here was one of its few sunny days. Those are my kids, Billy and Emma, in case you're wondering.
The elegant wind turbine behind them will be formally dedicated tomorrow at 11 a.m. and I'm one of many people looking forward to the ceremony. [...]
... with this statement posted on their website today. The last two paragraphs stand out:
"The Alliance raised the issue of navigational risk and interference two years ago ... " -- as though this had somehow managed to escape the notice of everyone else involved in the permitting [...]
