Monday, January 25, 2010

Test imminent of Dems' hypocrisy in Cape Wind controversy

http://tinyurl.com/y9x89dp
Cape Wind's fate unclear, even in Obama's hands By JAY LINDSAY, AP
BOSTON – After eight years of review, the future of a controversial wind farm off Cape Cod now rests in what would seem to be friendly hands — an Obama administration that's pledged to make the U.S. "the world's leading exporter of clean energy."
But it's tough to tell if Cape Wind's prospects just got better or worse.
Obama has never mentioned the project while talking publicly about renewable energy, despite his enthusiasm for the topic and the fact Cape Wind would be the nation's first offshore wind farm.
Some Cape Wind advocates have chalked up Obama's silence to respect for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, an early and influential Obama backer. Kennedy battled the project fiercely, writing Obama of his opposition the month before he died in August from brain cancer.***This might impinge on the view from the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port.Turn this one down and it's hard to see how any other wind farm can ( or should ) succeed.****

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