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Dramatic footage of a turbine collapsing during a recent storm in Denmark.

Nantucket Sound: Once it's Gone, it's Gone Forever

This short documentary dramatically captures the reasons why so many Cape Cod and Island residents oppose Cape Wind, and it presents their serious concerns about its threat to the ecology of the Sound, public safety, and to fishing and tourism. Take a moment ot view it, then send it by email to your personal email network. Comments welcome!

Nantucket Sound Sunrise

NANTUCKET SOUND
Once it's gone, it's gone forever.

APNS comments on MMS Cape Wind DEIS
The Alliance assembled a team of more than forty experts to thoroughly review the massive federal Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Cape Wind. Click here to read the comprehensive executive summary or click here to read a one page summary.

Cooperating agencies comment on MMS Cape Wind DEIS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have both delivered their comments to MMS on the Cape Wind Project. Both the EPA and the USFWS criticized MMS for not working more closely with the cooperating agencies. Click on the links below to read the comments in their entirety.

US Environmental Protection Agency US Fish and Wildlife Service

IN THE NEWS

Harvard Business School Case Revised to Include Cape Wind Economics
5/22/08 - APNS Statement
The case now accurately shows that capital costs of offshore wind developments continue to escalate and that offshore wind is significantly more costly than wind energy from onshore projects.

Ocean Management Bill Moves MA in the Right Direction, But Vigilance is Essential to Protect Nantucket Sound's Near-Shore Waters
5/21/08 - APNS Statement
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound supports ocean management and is pleased to see the state moving in this direction but cautions that we need to remain vigilant to avoid industrialization of Nantucket Sound in both state and federal waters. Click here to view the full text of the bill.

Preserve our Sound from French scourge
5/21/08 - Cape Cod Times Letter to the Editor
I just returned from France, which has truly one of the most beautiful countrysides. Or used to.

Wind ($23.37) v. Gas (25 Cents)
5/12/08 - Wall Street Journal Editorial
Congress seems ready to spend billions on a new "Manhattan Project" for green energy, or at least the political class really, really likes talking about one. But maybe we should look at what our energy subsidy dollars are buying now.

Powerful winds
5/11/08 - The Herald News
But a new proposal for a deep-water, off-shore wind farm answers all the skeptics' objection and, in addition to its environmental benefits, could be an economic boon to Fall River.

Stacking the deck
5/8/08 - Cape Cod Times Editorial
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has exposed the federal government's review of Cape Wind's alternative sites for what it is: a sham.

'Do this right'
5/7/08 - Cape Cod Times Editorial
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has delivered a blistering assessment of the federal government'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 environment.

MORE NEWS..Click here for complete coverage of the public hearings and letters to the editor>>>

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