Wind farm opponents report raising $3.2M
The most vocal opponents of a proposal to build a wind farm in Nantucket Sound collected $1 million more in contributions in 2007 than in the previous year.
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a non-profit group fighting a plan by Cape Wind Associates to locate 130 wind turbines in the sound, reported on tax forms that it raised $3.2 million last year.
The Alliance spent $3.5 million during the same time period, according to the tax records.
Since 2001, when the Alliance was formed, the organization has raised about $16 million in its fight against Cape Wind, Alliance spokeswoman Audra Parker said yesterday.
The top fundraising year for the group was 2004 with $4.7 million raised.
Cape Wind must secure a number of local, state and federal permits before construction can proceed. The project is also the subject of multiple legal challenges.
A final environmental report on Cape Wind from the U.S. Minerals Management Service is expected out by the end of the year.
— PATRICK CASSIDY
21 November 2008
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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