The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe were cautious after meeting with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about a controversial wind farm in Massachusetts. The tribes met with Salazar and Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk in Washington, D.C., to discuss their objections to Cape Wind. They say the 440-foot-tall turbines will block their view of Nantucket Sound and impact sacred sites and burial grounds. Salazar also met with the Cape Wind Developers and state and local officials. He has set a March 1 deadline for the parties to reach a compromise and he expects to make a final decision on the project by April. Get the Story:
Aquinnah Wampanoag upset at Cape Wind process (The Boston Globe 1/13)
Salazar says Cape Wind decision by April’s end (The Boston Globe 1/13)
Salazar to decide on planned Cape Cod wind farm (AP 1/13)
Decision on Cape Wind project expected soon (The Boston Globe 1/14)
Salazar vows decision on Cape Wind (The Cape Cod Times 1/14)
Feds to rule on Cape Wind by March 1 (The Boston Herald 1/14)
Decision Promised Soon on Cape Cod Wind Farm (The New York Times 1/14) An Opinion:
Joseph P. Kennedy II: Cape Wind: Fit to spin or money pit? (The Cape Cod Times 1/14) Related Stories:
Salazar to meet tribes and wind farm developers in DC (1/13)
Editorial: Approve wind farm over sacred site concerns (1/11)
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Editorial: Resolve tribal objections over wind project (1/7)
Salazar sets deadline on wind project and sacred site (1/6)
Opinion: Respect tribal concerns over wind energy bid (12/01)
Wampanoag tribes challenge wind energy project (11/13)
Editorial: Wampanoags blow smoke on wind plan (11/10)
Letter backs Massachusetts tribes on sacred site (11/6)
Interior promises action on wind turbine project (11/3)
Editorial: Reject tribal claim on wind turbine site (11/2)
Massachusetts tribes fight wind farm project (10/5)
Obama declined Aquinnah Wampanoag meeting (08/31)
Letter: Tribal opposition to wind energy project (07/16)
Massachusetts tribes oppose wind turbine site (7/15)
NYT Blog: Salazar on Indian Country rights-of-way (03/25)