Government Approves First US Offshore Wind Farm

RobotRunAmok writes "In a groundbreaking decision that some say will usher in a new era of clean energy, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today he was approving the nation's first offshore wind farm, the controversial Cape Wind project off of Cape Cod. The project has undergone years of environmental review and political maneuvering, including opposition from the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, whose home overlooks Nantucket Sound, and from Wampanoag Indian tribes who complained that the 130 turbines, which would stand more than 400 feet above the ocean surface, would disturb spiritual sun greetings and possibly ancestral artifacts and burial grounds on the seabed. But George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, hailed the decision, saying it was 'a critical step toward ending our reliance on foreign oil and achieving energy independence.'"

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Re:About damn time.

[gyrogeerloose]

Could I see your papers? You realize that it's now a crime in Arizona not to be able to produce proof of citizenship or legal residence upon demand, right?

Unless you have sufficiently pale skin, in which case it's all good.

I just wrote about that yesterday. I'm of Italian heritage and am often mistaken for a Hispanic; things could get dicy for me in AZ.