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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Documents link wind farm foes to energy firm; Filing revised as alliance calls it a mistake</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new lobbying firm for the group opposing a wind farm off Cape Cod filed a federal document last month reporting that its work for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate.
The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
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		<title>Lawmakers agree on ocean zoning plan; Bill would allow fisheries, energy projects to coexist in state waters</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts legislative leaders have agreed on a bill that would allow wind farms and other renewable energy projects in state waters, putting the measure on track to become law in the next few weeks.
House and Senate political leaders agreed Tuesday night to create the nation&#8217;s first comprehensive ocean zoning plan, to ensure that fisheries, renewable energy production, and marine conservation can coexist in the waters extending 3 miles from shore.
The Massachusetts Ocean Act would authorize ...]]>
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		<title>Power and perception</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Righteous indignation is a wholly appropriate response when one is falsely accused of impropriety.
But when the perception of wrongdoing extends to multiple incidents, as in the case of House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, then all the finger-pointing bluster by the longtime North End representative should and will do nothing to dissuade the state Ethics Commission from investigating all of DiMasi’s ties to friends who have profited from legislative action under his watch.
Perhaps DiMasi was wronged by ...]]>
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		<title>Fairhaven wind project gets Planning Board approval</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — The town&#8217;s Planning Board voted Tuesday night to approve a two-turbine wind project, the last stamp of approval developer CCI Energy needed to move forward.
&#8220;We&#8217;re off and running,&#8221; said James Sweeney, president of CCI. &#8220;It&#8217;s one more step. I mean, there&#8217;s plenty more steps to come, but at least we&#8217;re making progress.&#8221;
Six of the board&#8217;s eight members voted for the project. Wayne Hayward voted against it, and one member abstained.
&#8220;I support the project, ...]]>
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		<title>One hurdle down, one to go for Fairhaven wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite vocal opposition from some town residents, a proposed wind project cleared another hurdle last week when the town&#8217;s Conservation Commission issued an order of conditions.
The commission approved the project last month.
Developer James Sweeney of CCI Energy also needs approval from the Planning Board before the project can move forward.
Mr. Sweeney is proposing to erect two, 397-foot wind turbines on town-owned land adjoining the waste treatment plant on Arsene Street.
The Planning Board held a two-night ...]]>
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		<title>Ocean bill to surface for action</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A landmark bill designed to better manage everything from wind farms to whale watching in the coastal waters off Massachusetts is making its way through the Statehouse and could emerge from a key legislative committee as soon as this week.
Environmental activists are calling the legislation, separate versions of which have already been approved by the House and Senate, a first-in-the-nation attempt by a state to create a comprehensive management plan for its ocean waters.
A single, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine rules given nod by Town Meeting voters</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESSEX &#8212; Bill Holton, chairman of the task force, presented the lengthy article and initiated discussion, which included changes to the wording of the proposed bylaws governing use of the turbines. It was decided, for example, that the term “wind farms” does not apply to the uses recommended for private buildings, as it has become a common term elsewhere to describe commercial and industrial uses with large numbers of turbines and lends confusion to the ...]]>
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		<title>Deal reported on offshore wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state would open ocean sanctuaries to &#8220;appropriate scaled&#8221; renewable energy development under a Statehouse deal that could allow a controversial wind farm in Buzzards Bay.
A six-member conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers reached consensus on the bill this week. The compromise apparently scuttles House-passed legislation that critics say would have opened Buzzards Bay and other ocean sanctuaries to unlimited renewable energy development.
The compromise bill will be signed by legislative leaders and made public ...]]>
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		<title>Board votes to table turbine contract vote</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westport — Selectmen again delayed a vote on a contract to build the Town Hall wind turbine, this time until the board’s next regular meeting May 19.
The board met for a half-hour before Town Meeting Wednesday in the high school cafeteria, and with little discussion voted to wait on voting after receiving new information selectmen wanted time to review.
Selectmen were given a slightly different version of the contract than they discussed Monday night and wind ...]]>
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		<title>Stacking the deck</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last of two parts:
The U.S. Fish &#038; Wildlife Service has exposed the federal government&#8217;s review of Cape Wind&#8217;s alternative sites for what it is: a sham.
When the Minerals Management Service, which is reviewing the proposal to build 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound, defined the purpose of the process, it stacked the deck in favor of the developer.
The &#8220;purpose and need statement&#8221; developed by MMS describes &#8220;a facility that utilizes the unique wind resources in ...]]>
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		<title>&#39;Do this right&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numerous conclusions in draft report on Cape Wind in draft report on Cape Wind are unsupportable.
First of two parts:
The U.S. Fish &#038; Wildlife Service has delivered a blistering assessment of the federal government&#8217;s review of the Cape Wind project.
Seven years after Cape Wind staked a claim on 24 square miles of Nantucket Sound, the developer and the U.S. Minerals Management Service have failed to answer critical questions about the effects of the project on the ...]]>
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		<title>Framingham Town Meeting tables wind turbine bylaw</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM — Town Meeting last night temporarily shot down a bylaw that would have set up guidelines for wind turbines, with critics saying the measure was inflexible and incomprehensible.
Meeting members referred the proposed bylaw back to a committee that will include two members of the Planning Board, two members of the Standing Committee on Planning and Zoning, two members of the Greener Framingham Committee, and one member from the Board of Selectmen.
That task force is ...]]>
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		<title>Essex Town Meeting approves wind turbine rules</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESSEX — Last night, the second session of this year&#8217;s Town Meeting approved a bylaw governing windmills, as voters continued to make their way through a hefty 43-article warrant.
The first session of the meeting approved the town&#8217;s &#36;5 million operating budget, a &#36;5.7 million assessment to fund the Manchester Essex Regional School District budget, and the search for a planner to draw new lot lines for town-owned land on Conomo Point.
Windmills
Voters last night established guidelines ...]]>
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		<title>Bay Path to do wind turbine study</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLTON— The hilltop campus of Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School is one step closer to housing wind turbines.
Superintendent-Director David P. Papagni recently reported a three-year electricity cost of nearly &#36;1 million and estimated a 60 percent annual cost savings with turbine energy.
In February, the Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School Committee approved a feasibility study and awarded an &#36;80,000 contract to Sustainable Energy Developments, contingent upon receiving half of the cost from a ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine plan off Fairhaven dropped; 2 other SouthCoast sites still eyed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A developer of a proposed trio of wind farms in Buzzards Bay has dropped part of the project planned off the Fairhaven shoreline, citing the population of endangered roseate terns and the area&#8217;s high boat traffic.
Patriot Renewables, a Quincy company affiliated with Jay Cashman Inc., announced the decision Monday to end plans for the cluster of turbines off Fairhaven in the area south of Sconticut Neck and West Island.
Patriot Renewables continues to study two other ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine vote put on hold</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westport — The fate of the Town Hall wind turbine was again delayed Monday as selectmen held voting on a contract until Wednesday to get more information on costs and other variables.
The town and contractor Steve Pitney, of Alternate Energy, agreed in principal to a contract last week, but some selectmen wanted to find out how much it would cost for the Highway Department to do preliminary and foundation work and how much the cost ...]]>
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		<title>Developer scraps Fairhaven cluster of Buzzards Bay wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developers of a proposed trio of wind farms in Buzzards Bay have dropped part of the project planned off the Fairhaven shoreline, citing the area’s high boat traffic and population of endangered roseate terns.
Patriot Renewables, LLC, a Quincy firm affiliated with Jay Cashman Inc., announced the decision Monday to end plans for the cluster of turbines off Fairhaven in the area south of Sconticut Neck and West Island.
Patriot Renewables continues to study two other Buzzards ...]]>
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		<title>Florida, Monroe wind turbine project slows</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick continues to push for more renewable energy and conservation efforts, a plan to build 20 wind turbines in Florida and Monroe is stymied by a protracted legal challenge from environmentalists.
The so-called &#8220;Group of Ten&#8221; has, since 2004, been challenging a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection permit allowing road construction across 12 streams on the way to the turbine sites on Bakke Mountain in Florida and Crum Hill in Monroe.
The ...]]>
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		<title>West Hill turbines on track</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SAVOY — Plans are still on track for construction of five, 2.5-megawatt wind turbines on West Hill, according to Don McCauley, president of the Framingham-based Minuteman Wind.
Voters approved a zoning bylaw that would allow the project in January. Since then, the Attorney General&#8217;s office approved the bylaw and according to Jane Phinney, town clerk, the new bylaw was posted last week.
&#8220;The new law says that he&#8217;ll have to apply for a special permit from ...]]>
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		<title>Decas to juice plant with wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARVER — A major cranberry grower and processor wants to harness strong inland winds to power its 112,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and reduce the company&#8217;s electricity bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
Decas Cranberry Products Inc. is launching a yearlong feasibility study to monitor wind speeds needed to determine whether putting a wind turbine behind the plant would prove economical. Lighthouse Electrical contracting plans to install a 1.65 megawatt test wind turbine this month at the industrial property ...]]>
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		<title>Cape Wind windfall costly to fishing industry</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 11:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I would like to offer a suggestion regarding “In Cape Wind storm of letters two raise eyebrows,” (April 26).
I think the first letter written by state Division of Marine Fisheries director Paul Diodati regarding Cape Wind, dated Feb. 20, that recaps many of the fishing industry’s concerns, should be given more weight than the second version.
I think observation of the president of Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership, Ed Barrett, regarding the long arm of Deval is ...]]>
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		<title>DiMasi&#39;s ethics questioned</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi faced renewed fire from critics yesterday for his relationship with developer Jay Cashman, this time in connection to a proposed LNG terminal in Fall River.
The latest accusation stems from DiMasi&#8217;s decision to squash legislation two years ago that attempted to bar an LNG facility from being located in Fall River.
The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that Cashman, a close DiMasi friend, purchased 73 acres on the banks of the Taunton River for ...]]>
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		<title>Berkshire East windmill</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sawmill power plan gets big boost: Ashfield mill gets $400,000 to turn wood waste into fuel
ASHFIELD &#8212; The Roberts Brothers Lumber Co. has been given a $400,000 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to help pay for a $3 million system that will convert wood-chip waste into methane gas, to provide clean heat and electricity for the lumber mill.
&#8221;This will be the first one in North America,&#8221; owner Leonard Roberts said of the biomass CHP ...]]>
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		<title>Mass. OKs new NStar wind power option</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[NStar electric customers in Massachusetts will be able to buy renewable energy directly from wind farms — including one under development in Maine — under a newly approved billing option.
The state Department of Public Utilities approved the &#8220;NStar [NST] Green&#8221; program on Wednesday.
NStar’s more than 1 million residential customers in eastern and central Massachusetts will be able to buy either half or all their electricity from wind farms in the Northeast. Customers would pay a ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine OK’d</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local business owner Mark Richey, of Mark Richey Woodworking, is set to become the city’s first wind turbine user now that the City Council has approved a wind energy ordinance pertaining to his proposal.
Richey’s business was awarded a &#36;474,340 grant last fall from the Massachusetts Technological Collaborative to install the wind turbine. Developing the ordinance was the first step in seeing his plan come to fruition. Richey said if the turbine produces 50 percent of ...]]>
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		<title>Wind is focus of Aquinnah energy DCPC</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proponents of an Aquinnah District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPC) want quick action when the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Commission (MVC) holds a public hearing May 8 on a proposed menu of regulations focused on wind turbines.
The Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Commission has scheduled the hearing on a procedural amendment to the DCPC boundaries and the regulations. The hearing will begin at 7:30 pm, May 8, in the MVC offices in Oak Bluffs. It is one of the last ...]]>
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		<title>DiMasi business ties questioned</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just months after House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi killed a bill that was designed to block a controversial liquefied natural gas project from being built on 73 acres in Fall River, the landowner, Jay Cashman, sold the property to the terminal developers and made a &#36;14.2 million profit, according to a Globe review of real estate and legislative records.
DiMasi&#8217;s actions, taken in 2006, raise questions not only because of his close relationship with Cashman, a ...]]>
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		<title>Essex planners willing to tweak wind-energy bylaw</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESSEX — Looking to encourage the use of renewable wind energy while protecting the rights of residents wary of large windmills looming above the countryside, Planning Board members say they are open to tweaking parts of their proposed wind-energy bylaw at Town Meeting.
Tow Meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, at Essex Elementary School.
The bylaw would clear the way for home and business owners to attach turbines to their buildings as long as they ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine talks near completion</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[WESTPORT &#8212; Both sides of the Town Hall wind turbine negotiations said Monday they are hopeful an agreement can be reached to go forward with the project.
Selectmen J. Duncan Albert, Brian Valcourt and Town Administrator Michael Coughlin met Monday with Steve Pitney of turbine builder Alternate Energy to begin negotiating between the contracts both sides have proposed.
“I’m more optimistic this time around that we’re finally going to get somewhere,” Pitney said. “We’ll see how it ...]]>
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		<title>Canton bank’s HQ looking at wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of Canton is one step closer to lowering its carbon footprint after setting up a 160-foot, wind-measuring meteorological tower in the parking lot of its headquarters.
The tower, installed earlier this month, is the key component of a feasibility study designed to see over the next eight months if there is enough wind at 490 Turnpike St. in Canton to power a turbine that could put a significant dent in the bank’s energy usage. The ...]]>
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		<title>Milton, Duxbury are bidding for solar power installations</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least two South Shore towns are trying to qualify for a state-sponsored solar generator, to be installed on the municipal building of their choice.
Milton and Duxbury are competing in the Community Solar Challenge, the state-backed campaign that seeks to direct grass-roots enthusiasm for alternative energy into a concrete goal.
It works like this: When at least 150 donors from a town give &#36;100 each for building new wind turbine projects, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative installs ...]]>
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		<title>Energy plan gearing for green; 8 Central Mass. towns investing in wind power cooperative</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2010, wind in the Berkshires will help meet some of the electricity needs of 14 Central and Eastern Massachusetts communities whose municipal utilities belong to the newly formed Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative.
“The communities are interested in getting into green energy to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels and try to help the environment by looking for energy alternatives,” said H. Bradford White Jr., president of the cooperative and manager of the West Boylston ...]]>
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		<title>In Cape Wind storm of letters, two raise eyebrows</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cape Wind project generated enough controversy to prompt some 40,000 comments to be submitted to the Minerals Management Service, setting a record at the agency.
By the time federal regulators stopped accepting public comments about the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm on Monday, two of the letters had already raised some eyebrows among the project’s critics. That’s because the two letters were signed by the same person, state Division of Marine Fisheries director Paul Diodati, ...]]>
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		<title>A bad deal</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter was written to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service.
I am writing in opposition to the proposed Cape Wind project.
It is environmentally costly:
Thousands of tons of heavy equipment being moved into the delicate environment of the Nantucket Sound with huge potential for accidents and pollution, changing tidal flows and chasing out the local fishermen.
No comprehensive study has been done to weigh the amount of fossil fuel (the embedded energy) used in ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm generates more than 40,000 comments</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 40,000 individuals and organizations have submitted comments on an environmental review of the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, according to federal officials.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this before,&#8221; said Rodney Cluck, Cape Wind project manager for the U.S. Minerals Management Service, the lead federal agency to review Cape Wind Associates&#8217; plan to build 130 wind turbines in the sound.
No other project reviewed by the agency during Cluck&#8217;s 11 years with MMS has ...]]>
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		<title>One approval down and one to go for Fairhaven wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fairhaven wind project is one step closer to the finish line after being approved by the Conservation Commission Tuesday night, but it still needs to get past the Planning Board.
A public hearing on the project was held before the Planning Board Tuesday; after more than two hours of public comment and questions, the board voted to continue the hearing to May 6.
About 20 people attended the hearing. Fourteen of them raised their hands when ...]]>
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		<title>Obstructed sunrise</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United South and Eastern Tribes, an organization of 25 federally recognized Indian tribes in 12 states, has joined with the Wampanoag of Gay Head (Aquinnah) in their opposition to the wind factory on Nantucket Sound.
The board of directors of the organization called upon the U.S. Minerals Management Service, which is reviewing the Cape Wind application, to &#8220;respect the Traditional, Cultural, Spiritual and Religious beliefs of the Wampanoag People and preserve the spiritual integrity and ...]]>
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		<title>Floating wind farm plan dealt blow</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[New proposals for alternative energy projects in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts will have to wait for the time being.
U.S. Minerals Management Service director Randall Luthi announced this week that 16 sites around the country have been designated as places where companies may compete for temporary leases to collect data and test technology for renewable energy projects.
Waters off the Bay State&#8217;s coast were not among the areas chosen in what federal officials said ...]]>
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		<title>For the record</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clarification: A story in yesterday&#8217;s City &#038; Region section on Blue H, a company proposing to float wind turbines off of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, gave the incorrect impression that the company&#8217;s test project had been denied. Instead, the federal agency considering such projects has yet to consider Blue H&#8217;s application, due to the timing of its submission.
The Boston Globe
19 April 2008
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		<title>Time permits little comment on proposed wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[FALMOUTH &#8212; The selectmen’s meeting room at town hall was nearly filled last night with supporters and opponents of a proposed wind turbine in the Falmouth Technology Park, but all but a few residents of both camps will have to wait until June for the chance to voice their opinions.
     Webb Research is applying for a special permit from the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals to construct a 1.5-megawatt wind turbine ...]]>
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		<title>Barnstable files suit in debate over Cape Wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Barnstable has jumped into the fray over Cape Wind’s proposed 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound. 
Last week, the town filed a complaint in Barnstable Superior Court claiming that the Cape Cod Commission – and not the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board – has the final word on whether Cape Wind can link its electric cables to the NStar switching station off Mary Dunn Road in Barnstable. 
The commission denied that permission ...]]>
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		<title>Floating wind-energy test put off for now</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue H billed plan as an alternative to Cape turbines
A company seeking federal approval for a test project aimed at floating 120 wind turbines far off the coast of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard was denied yesterday because it had applied too late, but said it hoped to succeed at a later time.
The Massachusetts site proposed by Blue H, a subsidiary of a Dutch company, was not among the Minerals Management Service&#8217;s five locations on the Outer Continental ...]]>
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		<title>Bypass of turbine approval is likely</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEICESTER— The Planning Board will recommend that voters at the annual town meeting May 5 pass over the proposed bylaw that would allow the erection of wind turbines in the community.
The board held its required public hearing on the proposal Tuesday night, after which members voted to recommend passing over the bylaw at the town meeting.
The action was hardly a surprise, since both Town Planner Micelle Buck and Planning Board chairman Debra Friedman had told ...]]>
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		<title>Army mulls wind turbines for groundwater cleanup</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP EDWARDS — The Army&#8217;s groundwater study program is looking to the skies to help power its water cleanup efforts.
Army officials want to install up to six wind turbines around Camp Edwards to provide energy for the cleanup around the training grounds. The turbines, which would range in size and location, could offset up to 50 percent of cleanup energy costs, according to Kristina Curley, a spokeswoman for the Army Environmental Command Impact Area Groundwater ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm comment deadline looms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s now or never.
The public comment period for a federal report on the wind farm Cape Wind Associates wants to build in Nantucket Sound runs out Monday.
While many of the heavy hitters, including the anti-Cape Wind group, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will likely hold off until the last moment to submit their thoughts, the lead agency to review the project has already received over 10,000 comments from ...]]>
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		<title>Appeals board to hear proposal for wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The application for a wind turbine in the Falmouth Technology Park will go before the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday night, in one of many steps in a multi-agency permitting process.
     Douglas C. Webb, owner of Webb Research Corporation, is applying to the board of appeals for a special permit to install a 1.5-megawatt turbine on the company’s property in the Falmouth Technology Park.
     The board ...]]>
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		<title>Wind speed testing tower sought by local company</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUBURN— The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hearing Thursday night on constructing a 164-foot-high tower at the Worcester Envelope Co. to determine whether a wind turbine is feasible there.
The company is seeking to build a temporary tower that would gather information on wind speed and direction, according to the application for a special permit. The hearing is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. in the selectmen’s meeting room in Town Hall.
“This is the preliminary step ...]]>
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		<title>1,700 acres worth protecting</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[FITCHBURG &#8212; No one denies the positive impact preserving about 1,700 acres of land in Fitchburg&#8217;s northern watershed area would have on the city&#8217;s drinking-water supply.
But Ken Brown, an Ashby resident, said the state&#8217;s proposal to purchase a conservation restriction on the densely wooded area and open it up for recreational use needs to be done thoughtfully.
&#8220;I&#8217;m worried about providing access in a responsible way,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In a way that makes sense that isn&#8217;t ...]]>
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		<title>Wind towers lose round</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUDSON &#8212; The Planning Board has voted not to support a Hudson High School student&#8217;s proposed zoning amendment that would allow wind turbines in town. Town Planner Jennifer Burke said the April 1 decision reflected board members&#8217; feeling that Russell Durrenberger, 15, didn&#8217;t sufficiently consult with town officials, including the police and fire chiefs, and residents who might want to comment on the effects of the power-generating turbines before drafting a warrant article for next ...]]>
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		<title>Barnstable lawsuit challenges wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dispute over transmission lines for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm landed in court this week.
As part of their quest to kill Cape Wind&#8217;s plans for 130 turbines in the Sound, Barnstable officials filed a complaint in Barnstable Superior Court Wednesday claiming the Cape Cod Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the transmission cables that would link the turbines to the shoreline.
In October, the commission rejected a plan to have the transmission cables make landfall ...]]>
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