The Cape Wind Energy Project is an excellent example of what can be done now to make the transition to renewable energy production without further significant environmental costs. It will stand as a model of progress by the U.S. in meeting its global obligations to reduce greenhouse gases and a model of leadership and compromise by the residents of Cape Cod to reduce air pollution.
-- Woods Hole Research Center
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Time to decide Cape Cod wind farm's fate Saturday, February 06, 2010
...We understand the concerns of Native Americans and other opponents who love and admire the beauty of Cape Cod.
But America’s future depends on energy independence – and the Cape Wind project is a step in that direction. The wind farm would supply, on average, the equivalent of 75 percent of the energy needs of Cape Cod and the Islands.