Posted on 12/19/2006 9:00:49 PM PST by jdm
Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld a decision facilitating construction of an environmentally friendly "wind farm” that Sen. Ted Kennedy had opposed.
The decision on Monday allows construction of 18-mile-long transmission lines to bring electricity from the Cape Wind project – a collection of energy-producing wind turbines – to shore.
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a May 2005 decision by the state Energy Facilities Siting Board that was challenged by a group opposing the Cape Wind project, Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound.
If it receives needed federal approval, Cape Wind would become the nation's first offshore wind farm.
The developer seeks to construct two 115-kilovolt lines to transmit electricity generated by 130 wind turbines in federal waters in Nantucket Sound. The lines would pass beneath state waters before reaching shore at Yarmouth and continuing underground to a switching station in Barnstable.
Cape Wind touts its project as a safe, clean way to create renewable energy.
Kennedy had lobbied for a provision giving Gov. Mitt Romney veto power over the Cape Wind project.
In his book "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy," author Peter Schweizer disclosed that Kennedy opposed the Cape Wind project because "the wind turbines would be built in Nantucket Sound, about six miles off the coast from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis.
"The problem was not aesthetic; the Kennedys wouldn’t be able to actually see the turbines from their home. Instead Robert Kennedy Jr., who had been beating the drum for alternative sources of energy for more than a decade, complained that the project would be built in one of the family’s favorite sailing and yachting areas.”
As NewsMax reported in May, Kennedy supported a proposal to build another wind farm – in somebody else’s "backyard.”
A Boston contractor submitted plans to construct an offshore complex of 90 to 120 wind turbine towers near Naushon Island and the towns of Dartmouth and Fairhaven.
While the Cape Wind project Kennedy opposed would be "in view of some of the wealthiest communities in Massachusetts’ Cape Cod,” according to CNN and Reuters, the other proposal was for a "project in view of more working-class areas.”
This is surprising, to say the least. How could a Senator who has the Boston Globe in his pocket not have the Massachusetts Supreme Court in his pocket as well?
Very odd....
I think a sewage plant in Ted's backyard would be more fitting.
Wind bag blocks wind farm ....
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That's great news! Any time that fat slob loses, it's a good day for all of us.
The fat slob must have been leaning over and picking up another glass of scotch....
I wonder what happens when a cat-5 hurricane comes ashore there? Lots of electricity?
Lol, he could just roll across the page!
Lol, may Teddy's yacht run into a wind blade!
I heard there was a secret plot to get rid of Teddy by slipping him a non alcoholic beverage.
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Why? Is he afraid of the competition? He's the biggest wind farm I know of.
Rolly Polly Teddy
Ted Kennedy should have no trouble blocking the wind.
But blows enough hot air to run 6.
LOL, somehow that doesn't look right! But that's OK...
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