Cape Wind Project

• Federal lawmakers are taking a harder look at whether politics drove a decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to approve Cape Wind.
(Cape Cod Times)
• Critics of the Cape Wind offshore, green-energy project in Massachusetts are continuing their opposition -- following the release of documents they say appear to suggest the Obama administration approved the project despite safety concerns.
(FOX News)
• Cape Wind just started studying the Nantucket Sound seabed where the project would be built to help design the giant poles that would hold the turbines.
(Wicked Local (blog))
• Cape Wind has commenced a major geotechnical and geophysical survey operation as part of its construction design and engineering process and initial mobilization of the project on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.
(Yahoo Finance)
• BOSTON (AP) — The Cape Wind offshore wind project is set to begin an extensive survey of the area in Nantucket Sound where they plan to build a 130-turbine wind farm. The survey begins Friday and continues through early fall.
(Oregonian)
• Despite controversy that has slowed the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, land-based wind farms are expanding rapidly in the region.
(Boston Globe)
• We have begun the project financing stage, we do need to do that," Rogers conceded. There are still several court cases and appeals.
(Abington Mariner)
• Meanwhile, Congressmen John Mica (R-Fla.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wrote FAA chief Michael Huerta asking whether the agency's decision to approve the Cape Wind project was politically motivated.
(SmartPlanet.com)
• The letter asks whether FAA was influenced by politics, including the Interior Department's 2010 green light for the Cape Wind project and the Obama administration's broader push for green energy, AP reports.
(Thehill.com)