Ted Kennedy created some convoluted zones where no structures could be to keep out the wind mills.
He tried many ways and was successful while he lived.
Kennedy Defeats Cape Cod Wind Farm
From those proponents of the environmentalsim (unless it disturbs a Democrat pol) at Reuters:
Cape Cod Commission denies Cape Wind application Fri Oct 19, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Cape Cod Commission in Massachusetts Thursday denied Cape Wind’s application to bury electric cables needed to connect its proposed 420-megawatt offshore wind farm in the Nantucket Sound to the state power grid. Cape Wind said in a release that it would challenge the Commission decision. The Cape Cod Commission is a local organization created by the state in 1990 to manage growth and protect Cape Cod’s natural resources. Sen. Ted Kennedy and many residents who own coastal property from where they could see the wind turbines on a clear day oppose the project along with some environmental groups concerned about disrupting the patterns of migratory birds and the potential effect on local sea life. The project’s supporters, who include other environmental groups, meanwhile claim it would provide renewable energy, improve air quality, lower electricity costs and increase the reliability of the power grid. Although the wind farm would be located in federal waters, the transmission lines connecting the project to the grid crosses land controlled by state and local authorities…
Wouldn’t you like to see the phone records of the members of the Cape Cod Commission?
Sen. Ted Kennedy and many residents who own coastal property from where they could see the wind turbines on a clear day oppose the project along with some environmental groups concerned about disrupting the patterns of migratory birds and the potential effect on local sea life.
Robert Novak: Ted Kennedy and friends against Cape Cod wind farm
Thursday, May 04, 2006
By Robert D. Novak
Rich, oceanfront residents of Cape Cod do not want their view of Nantucket Sound faintly obstructed by offshore protrusions of a proposed wind farm. So, they have hired high-priced lobbyists to kill Cape Wind, a project providing an environmentally sound source of energy. Their most important ally in this venture is a fellow wealthy Cape Cod landowner, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
A fight to block alternative fuel development that could replace oil-burning power plants for communities along the Nantucket Sound has created an unusual alliance on Capitol Hill, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy backing the fight against the green proposal.
Mr. Kennedy, a staunch environmentalist, opposes the Cape Wind project, which will place windmills in the sound’s shallows to create electricity for customers in Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Critics say the Massachusetts Democrat doesn’t want the Cape Wind project in his own back yard along with 130 windmills that might clutter the water view of the Kennedy clan’s vacation home. Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts’ junior senator and another key green ally, called attempts to derail the project an “insult.”
Opponents of the project say it should not go forward until federal guidelines are established and it has undergone a competitive bidding process.
“Senator Kennedy has real environmental and economic concerns, and the federal government continues to lack a national policy and process to guide offshore alternative energy development,” said Melissa Wagoner, Mr. Kennedy’s spokeswoman.
Mr. Kennedy, who has a 95 percent vote rating from the League of Conservation Voters, has recruited the help of Rep. Don Young of Alaska — a conservative Republican and foe of environmentalists who received a zero ranking from the league last year.
Mr. Young, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is lobbying members of a House-Senate conference on the Coast Guard supplemental appropriations bill.
He wants them to add his proposal to require windmills to be set back 1.5 nautical miles from any shipping or ferry lanes. Such a buffer requirement would make the Cape Wind project impossible in such a narrow sound.
“Given the potential dangers of siting one of these wind farms in a busy shipping area, [Mr. Kennedy] thinks it is worth the conferees’ consideration,” Miss Wagoner said.
However, developers of the Cape Wind project say the legislation is specifically directed at them, would cripple the project economically and is a classic case of the “not in my back yard” (NIMBY) attitude toward developments that serve the common good.
“The NIMBY opponents have spent more than $1 million lobbying in D.C.,” says Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind project spokesman. “The Young amendment will kill Cape Wind in one fell swoop, which appears to be the intention.
“It would also impose on the U.S. the most stringent laws in the world on offshore wind energy development,” said Mr. Rodgers, who noted that oil drilling rigs are only required to be 500 feet from shipping lanes.
Mr. Young’s spokesman declined to comment on the legislation.
However, in a letter to the conferees, Mr. Young specifically refers to the Cape Wind project, which he says encompasses 24 square miles with windmills reaching 417 feet, and is “located in water deep enough that ships can enter into the area and do so regularly.”
“I know others oppose the project entirely on a wide variety of economic, environmental, and tourism standards,” Mr. Young’s letter stated.
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