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Cape Cod Town of Yarmouth to Get Wind Farm Benefits Ehile Pushing for Its Defeat
ap.tbo.com ^ | 12-28-04 | WestVirginiaRebel

Posted on 12/28/2004 2:25:30 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel

BOSTON (AP)-Town leaders in the Cape Cod community of Yarmouth have long been on record opposing the wind farm proposed for the waters off its beaches, even passing a resolution two years ago expressing their disapproval for the plan to erect 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.

But the Yarmouth Board of Selectmen also quietly negotiated with Cape Cod Wind Associates for a raft of benefits worth millions. If the $700 million project gets federal and state approval, underwater transmission lines would come ashore in Yarmouth and tie into the electrical grid.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: energy; environment; environmentalists; hypocracy; windpower
Typical. Just typical.
1 posted on 12/28/2004 2:25:31 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Just hedging their bets!


2 posted on 12/28/2004 3:14:04 AM PST by Woodworker
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To: farmfriend


3 posted on 12/28/2004 7:15:56 AM PST by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
4 posted on 12/28/2004 3:58:53 PM PST by farmfriend ( Congratulation. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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To: farmfriend

BTTT!!!!


5 posted on 12/29/2004 3:06:29 AM PST by E.G.C.
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