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Kennedy clan vs. clean power Your last chance to be heard about Cape Wind	Charles Komanoff	19 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, grassroots activism, Massachusetts, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Cape Wind comments Agency holds hearings for Massachusetts wind project, extends comment period 30 days	Erik Hoffner	10 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, wind power (all these topics)

Caping By Cape Wind project given preliminary environmental approval		14 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:58 PM on 14 Jan 2008 Seems it was only October that the controversial Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound was dealt a setback. Now here it is January, and the wind farm that NIMBYs love to hate is inching forward, having been given preliminary environmental approval from the Minerals Management Service. After a public comment period, the final fate of the project is expected to be announced later this year. source ...
Topics: energy, Massachusetts, news, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Cape Wind on track Draft EIS for Nantucket Sound wind project is positive	Erik Hoffner	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, wind power (all these topics)

Transmission: Impossible Cape Wind project denied transmission-line permit, developer to appeal		19 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 11:42 AM on 19 Oct 2007 The Cape Wind project was dealt another setback this week when a local commission denied a permit for the transmission lines that would carry electricity to the grid from the 130 offshore wind turbines that Cape Wind Associates proposed in 2001. In a 12-0 vote, the commission's decision to withhold the permit was based on what they said was a lack of information on th ...
Topics: Massachusetts, news, politics, wind power (all these topics)

Girls Just Wanna Have Farm On accepting invitations from strangers, and a harvest festival	Roz Cummins	18 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
A few years ago, I heard an actor say on a talk show that he had decided if someone invited him to a party, he was going to attend, whether he knew the person or not. When I repeated that to my friend Pagan Kennedy a few days later, she responded, "That's great! That should be my policy!" Then, half a heartbeat later, she said, "Wait a minute! That is my policy!&qu ...
Topics: agriculture, food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Last Swim with Henry Dave An autumn swim at Walden, a warm robe, and a piping hot bowl of soup	Roz Cummins	04 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
Walden Pond, a hit with tourists and Transcendentalists. Photo: Sonny Morningstar It's an odd fraternity, the group of people who continue to swim at Walden Pond well past Labor Day. Dusk comes earlier and earlier and the water begins to cool, but these autumn swims are one of the great pleasures of my life -- and, of course, each swim feels increasingly precious as we move i ...
Topics: food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Big Coal, anti-wind Coal industry insider tapped to kill Cape Wind	Erik Hoffner	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, Massachusetts, wind power (all these topics)

Ain't lion Are cougars coming back to the Northeast?	Erik Hoffner	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Massachusetts, wildlife (all these topics)

The Daily Show makes a meal of Cape Wind opponents Watch a video outlining the conflict over this wind farm	Erik Hoffner	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, renewable energy, TV, wind power (all these topics)

Wind-loss, wind-gain	Erik Hoffner	25 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, wind power (all these topics)

Massachusetts is going to blow	David Roberts	18 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: electricity grid, energy, Massachusetts (all these topics)

What does the Massachusetts case mean? Some musings and analysis	Justin Pidot	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

Massachusetts Passes Wind Cape Wind gets state OK, boosting chances it will get built		02 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Massachusetts Passes Wind Cape Wind gets state OK, boosting chances it will get built If you're not up on the history of the controversial Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, here's the brief version: It's alive! It's dead! It's alive! It's dead! Repeat. Our news today: It's alive! Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) administration declared Friday that the proposed 130-turbine offshore-wind project would do mo ...
Topics: energy, Massachusetts, news, wind power (all these topics)

Cape Wind found 'adequate' May become U.S.'s first large offshore wind project	Erik Hoffner	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Cape Wind passes new hurdle It's not the view: it's the vision	Erik Hoffner	25 Feb 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Massachusetts, wind power, renewable energy (all these topics)

All This Progress is Making Us Woozy Massachusetts to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative after all		22 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
All This Progress is Making Us Woozy Massachusetts to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative after all Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), reversing a decision by predecessor Mitt Romney (R), has announced that his state will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a now eight-state pact that seeks to cut Northeast emissions beginning in 2009. "We want everyone to know that Massachusetts will not stand on the side ...
Topics: climate, Massachusetts, news (all these topics)

This Rocks Our Sox Off Boston will require new large buildings to meet green building standards		20 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
This Rocks Our Sox Off Boston will require new large buildings to meet green building standards Hooray, Boston: The city is soon expected to require that all new construction projects of 50,000 square feet or more meet green building standards. Projects will be required to follow at least 26 of about 70 suggestions for green design and construction, similar to the U.S. Green Building Council's minimum LEED standards. Build ...
Topics: Massachusetts, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Standing in the face of global warming Do federal courts have jurisdiction in Massachusetts v. EPA?	Justin Pidot	07 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: climate, litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

Oral argument in Mass v. EPA The justices speak	Justin Pidot	29 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

One week until global warming's Supreme Court debut The line-up of legal issues	Justin Pidot	22 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: climate, litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

Turn Around, Brightfield Hard-knock New England city welcomes region's largest solar installation	Mark Baard	27 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Brockton, Mass., is championing solar power. Photos: SCHOTT Solar This city was once the shoemaking capital of the Northeast, and over the years it was home to boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, earning it the nickname "City of Champions." Today, however, Brockton, Mass., holds the dubious honor of being one of the region's trash capitals, because of its hig ...
Topics: energy, Massachusetts, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

All You Need Is Guv Governors' races along Eastern seaboard could lead to big environmental gains	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Oct 2006	Muckraker
While the Mark Foley mess has everyone's attention riveted on the fast-changing congressional landscape, enviros should also keep an eye on gubernatorial races this November. "The state level is where all the truly positive environmental action has been happening in recent years," says Tony Massaro, senior vice president for political affairs with t ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Muckraker, New York, Pennsylvania, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Ferris Dueler Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become condos	Dan Rafter	22 Aug 2006	Main Dish
Mat Lindstedt was a typical 12-year-old growing up in San Jose during the 1970s. He spent his summers braving the runaway mine ride, paddling the Indian war canoes, and riding the lazy burros at Frontier Village amusement park. Riding an endangered species. Photo: iStockphoto But Lindstedt's summers changed in 1980, when the owners of Frontier Village decided the park's 33 acres would fetch them fa ...
Topics: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

To Everything, Tern, Tern, Tern Buzzards Bay wind farm faces tough obstacles		21 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
To Everything, Tern, Tern, Tern Buzzards Bay wind farm faces tough obstacles Amidst the hype over the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, developer Jay Cashman unveiled a proposal to erect up to 120 wind turbines in nearby Buzzards Bay. But a recent report by Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs Stephen Pritchard concludes that Cashman's project would violate state law and could threaten an ...
Topics: energy, Massachusetts, news, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

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