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  • Alaskan senator [Stevens] denies making wind farm deal with Kennedy

    05/10/2006 4:59:33 AM PDT · by cloud8 · 12 replies · 458+ views
    boston.com ^ | May 10, 2006 | By Rick Klein, Globe Staff
    WASHINGTON -- Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska yesterday denied cutting a special deal with Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts to block a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod. Stevens cast his opposition to the Cape Wind proposal as an issue of states' rights. In a speech on the Senate floor, Stevens said Kennedy went along with his proposal to hand Governor Mitt Romney, a Cape Wind opponent, the power to veto the project. Environmental groups have accused Kennedy of reaching a backroom deal with Stevens to block Cape Wind, but Stevens said he wants all states to have the...