{"id":547849,"date":"2010-04-30T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2010-04-30T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:41:14","slug":"cape-cod-residents-expect-fight-over-turbines-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547849","title":{"rendered":"Cape Cod residents expect fight over turbines to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/29\/science\/earth\/29cape.html\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/04\/29\/us\/29cape_CA0\/29cape_CA0-articleLarge.jpg\" width=\"377\" align=\"right\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/eenews.net\/Greenwire\/2010\/04\/29\/9\/\" >Greenwire<\/a>: Though the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/article\/Nantucket_Sound,_Massachusetts:_Cape_Wind_project\">Cape Wind offshore wind farm<\/a> secured approval yesterday  from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, residents of Cape Cod do not expect  a conclusion anytime soon to a battle that has already dragged on for  nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s over yet,&#8221; said Rob MacNamee, 42, an attorney  from Barnstable, Mass. &#8220;It&#8217;s been going on for how long? All the  stickers for and against have washed off the cars, and the signs have  blown down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 130 wind turbines would be visible from much of the region, but  residents do not expect to see the 440-foot structures to be built  anytime soon. Several groups have threatened lawsuits to block the  project.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the project say the turbines would change the character  of Nantucket Sound, ruining scenic views and obstructing the routes  currently taken by boats. Backers say the project would make  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/article\/Ecoregions_of_Massachusetts,_Connecticut,_and_Rhode_Island_%28EPA%29\">Massachusetts<\/a> a leader in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/article\/Renewable_energy\" >renewable energy<\/a> and provide enough energy to  meet most of Cape Cod&#8217;s electricity needs.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Spagnohe, a 46-year-old musician from Hyannis, Mass.,  described opponents of the project as &#8220;old money,&#8221; saying they &#8220;don&#8217;t  want to lose tradition.&#8221; Ian Parent, the owner of a cafe in Hyannis,  said he supports renewable energy but does not think Nantucket Sound is  the right place for the technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m 100 percent for alternative energy, but just not in Nantucket  Sound,&#8221; Parent said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no guarantee that the electricity will be  cheaper. And once you put those windmills out there, you can never take  them away&#8221; (Katie Zezima, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/29\/science\/earth\/29cape.html\" ><em>New  York Times<\/em><\/a>, April 29). <strong>&#8211; GN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3317&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_3317\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwire: Though the Cape Wind offshore wind farm secured approval yesterday from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, residents of Cape Cod do not expect a conclusion anytime soon to a battle that has already dragged on for nearly a decade. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s over yet,&#8221; said Rob MacNamee, 42, an attorney from Barnstable, Mass. &#8220;It&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}