Alliance Director: Cape Wind Fight Not Over Yet
Audra Parker, chief operating officer and executive director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, stated this past Monday in the Cape Cod Times that, “Cape Wind is nowhere near a done deal — and the fight is far from over.” Parker addressed the FAA’s release of a “presumed hazard” report regarding Cape Wind’s potential radar interference in an op-ed piece for the regional paper.
Citing the Department of Interior’s inspector general-led investigation into potential wrongdoing in the federal review of Cape Wind and the denial of a “critical” permit by the Cape Cod Commission, Parker details a laundry list of unsettled issues standing in the way of the Cape Wind project. On the offensive Audra charged, “As long as Cape Wind continues to target a heavily conflicted site, it will face serious community, political, legal and financing challenges, each one putting the project even further from reality.”
Parker, a resident of Osterville, voices concern for what many Cape Cod locals consider to be a cornerstone of the anti-Cape Wind argument: the project’s “poorly sited” location in Nantucket Sound. She asserts, “relocation is the only responsible next step” and suggests finding a “better location that doesn’t needlessly risk our safety, our economy, and our home.”
While there is no doubt that Nantucket Sound is a heavily contested area, and Cape Wind an extremely controversial project, it is unsure how much longer the fierce battle will wage on. As Parker assures, one thing is certain for the future of the highly contentious Cape Wind debate: final approval will not come easy; it will be fought tooth-and-nail until the bitter end.
Eddie Keenan IV




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