Posted on 02/28/2006 3:15:30 PM PST by ncountylee
BOSTON A leading opponent of the controversial Cape Wind development proposed for Nantucket Sound has come out against a pending move to kill the project in Congress.
And there’s a twist.
The call for withdrawal of the so-called Young amendment, which would ban wind turbines within 1.5 nautical miles of ferry and shipping lanes, comes from the nephew of one of Cape Wind’s key political adversaries, Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and staunch public critic of the 130-turbine Cape Wind project, has written a letter to members of a congressional conference committee denouncing the move by Republican Alaska Congressman Don Young, which Cape Wind officials say would make their wind farm logistically impractical.
“This provision would foreclose or severely limit the potential for development of appropriate offshore wins facilities in the United States,” wrote Kennedy in the February 24 letter, portions of which were obtained by CBS4 News.
The Young amendment, Kennedy added, is “simply not good government.”
In an interview with CBS4 last week, Ted Kennedy brushed aside questions about the Young amendment, saying only that he had “been informed” of its late insertion into the Coast Guard budget appropriation.
In an interview with CBS4 last week, Ted Kennedy brushed aside questions about the Young amendment, saying only that he had “been informed” of its late insertion into the Coast Guard budget appropriation.
His nephew’s objections to the amendment come amid a rising chorus of protest over the move to kill Cape Wind from the likes of Sen. John Kerry, who has not taken a position for or against the project, and Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, a project supporter.
In a related development, a New York Times editorial Tuesday denounces the Young amendment, stating in part: “Cape Wind has been the subject of endless environmental reviews. We believe it should be approved. But if there are objections to be made, they should be made in the open and not by stealth.”
Boys and girls can you say "phony liberal"?
"Gulfstream environmentalists" ... perfect! LOL!
Typical Limocrite! Might damage the real estate value of Camalot.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
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