Opposing Cape Wind

Senator Edward M. Kennedy spoke on the floor of the United States Senate on the proposed Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. The project would be the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

Kennedy has consistently opposed the project and called for a federal policy to be in place before a project of this magnitude is given approval. Cape Wind seeks to put 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound that reach 417 feet tall. The effects on Massachusetts’ fishing and tourism industries, the Coast Guard, navigation and national security are unknown.

Kennedy’s floor speech is included below, as well as a fact sheet that highlights some of the most disturbing inaccuracies surrounding the Cape Wind project.

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