Massachusetts Sierra Club Statement on Cape Wind

[Woll, Jr., Edward]

You may find this interesting and hopefully useful to help Massachusetts get an off-shore wind project back on line:

 

Here is what the Sierra Club has published this morning and what will appear in our e-sierran monthly newsletter also at:  http://sierraclubmass.org/wp/?p=1457

UTILITIES SET BACK THE COMMONWEALTH’S QUEST FOR A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY

By masierra • January 23, 2015 Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy, News Release, Renewable Energy, Wind Power

The attempt by the two major utilities, Northeast Utilities and National Grid, to terminate their contracts to purchase Cape Wind’s clean power from offshore wind is a serious setback in the Commonwealth’s quest for a clean energy future. A successful offshore wind project will put Massachusetts squarely in the forefront of clean energy and will loosen the volatile-priced natural gas choke hold that controls 65% of the energy for the Commonwealth’s economy. We continue to export our dollars to import fossil fuels via pipeline, LNG tanker, barge, tank cars and trucks rather than investing in homegrown energy and jobs. The offshore wind project would be a shot in the arm for the Massachusetts economy, the State’s southeast coast and New Bedford area and for clean and renewable energy investments. This setback must be promptly reversed so that offshore wind development in Massachusetts goes forward unencumbered.

Tagged CapeWind, Clean Energy, OffshoreWind, Renewable Energy.

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