Economics: Wind Farms off Cape Cod

UPDATE: Wind farm greenlighted by Dept. of Interior.

Really didn't know what tag to put on this item. Economics? Politics? Culture?

Interesting piece at CNN.com about the wind farm project in Cape Cod.

And it appears after all the court cases, environmental impact reports and lobbying by both sides, it comes down to the Secretary of Interior to give the thumbs up or down on the project.

Excerpt:

The decision now rests in the hands of one man: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. He has the unenviable choice of cutting through nine years of regulatory red tape. He can greenlight the project or kill it.

For Salazar, the wind farm proposal is a perfect storm as well. It represents a collision of Interior Department priorities: green energy, Native American heritage and eco-concerns over fisheries and bird life.

The Cape will soon learn which is the top priority. Salazar has said he will make his decision by the end of April.

I don't envy his the decision he has to make!

Cape Wind Trailer - August, 2009 from Rebirth Productions on Vimeo.

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