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Big Coal, anti-wind
Coal industry insider tapped to kill Cape Wind |
Erik Hoffner |
11 Sep 2007 |
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| Those trying to stop what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind, have just hired (another!) coal industry insider to lead the charge. Glenn Wattley is the new director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, and as Wendy Williams details in her blog, he's a longtime coal and coal-gasification proponent. She says that this fits with her past reporting: Big Coal is behind many anti-wind efforts. In a news report on Wattley's new role (rich rea ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Massachusetts, wind power (all these topics) |
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