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November 6th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Just in from the Gimme A Break department:

Massachusetts’ top historic preservation officer has dealt a setback to the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, ruling yesterday that the body of water is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places because of its cultural significance for two Native American tribes.

In a letter released late in the afternoon, Brona Simon, state historic preservation officer, said she believes that Nantucket Sound is so culturally important to two Wampanoag tribes that it should be eligible to be listed on the National Register as a traditional cultural property. Her decision conflicts with an earlier conclusion by the Minerals Management Service, the federal agency that led the environmental review of the Cape Wind project.

I find the Mashpee Wampanoag to be completely without merit given their support of building a large casino in Middleboro. Won’t that block the sun for people living to the west of it?

In case you missed it, I recently did a podcast with the Communications Director of Cape Wind.

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  1. Tony Lawrence
    November 6th, 2009 at 15:19 | #1
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    Block the sun? Oh, you mean that 900 story hotel, right? I keep forgetting about that. Oh, and the traffic… what was it, 5 million cars per minute? Something like that…

    I honestly don’t know how I feel about Cape Wind. I like the idea of wind power, but I’m not sure I like putting these things in the ocean.

    The Wampanoags are just people. They can have honest feelings about one thing while having perhaps suspect rationalizations about something else. I see no reason to conflate the two or any reason for doing so.

  2. bumpkin
    November 6th, 2009 at 15:30 | #2
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    Fair enough.

    IMO – if they are going to play on people’s sympathies with that “steward of the land” and “tribe that met the pilgrims” baloney they have to expect criticism when they oppose an environmentally beneficial project like Cape Wind.

    If I had my way, the entire coast would be lined with these things. Sure I’d prefer them hidden from view but open ocean is where the wind is. Coastal is better because of the cost advantage versus building them far out to sea in deep water.

    BTW. I spoke to the Sachem of the Massachusett Tribe who said it was “inconsistent” for them to oppose Cape Wind while supporting the casino. For the record he opposes Cape Wind and any project that significantly alters “mother earth” – like the casino.

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