The first US offshore wind farm project won government approval Wednesday.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave the green light for the giant Cape Wind project in the channel between Cape Cod and the resort islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts.
“In the wake of the offshore oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it is more clear than ever that we need to move quickly to develop safe, responsible clean energy projects like Cape Wind instead of more offshore drilling,” said Michael Brune, the Sierra Club’s executive director.
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