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"In short, we will do whatever it takes to win," said the letter, which went out over the signatures of Glenn G. Wattley, president and chief executive officer of the not-for-profit organization, and development officer Eric R. Steinhilber.
"We will never allow Cape Wind to become a reality."
"We will do whatever it takes to win. We will never allow Cape Wind to become a reality."
- Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
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And they've gone to great lengths to prevail.
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McCain Campaign Chairman received $380k to stop Cape Wind
Charlie Black, Senior Political Adviser to McCain: Senate lobbying disclosure documents reveal that lobbying firm BKSH & Associates was retained in January 2008 by the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound to “Defeat the proposal for 130 wind turbines”
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Tom Loeffler, McCain’s Campaign Co-chairman: The Loeffler Group received $380,000 from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound from 2003 to 2005 to lobby against Cape Wind.
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The Boston Globe reported Documents link wind farm foes to energy firm
A new lobbying firm for the group opposing a wind farm off Cape Cod filed a federal document last month reporting that its work for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate.
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The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
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Oxbow's founder, Osterville yachtsman William I. Koch, has been a cochairman of the alliance since 2005, a year that saw a flurry of congressional attempts to kill the wind farm. While Oxbow maintains that its lobbyists monitor Cape Wind because of the corporation's interest in energy and shipping, Cape Wind proponents assert that Oxbow's lobbyists have been doing far more to fight the wind farm.
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Wikipedia included this in Koch's bio:
Koch also co-chairs the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a group formed to fight the Cape Wind project to build an offshore wind farm of 130 turbines. He became involved because of owning a home in Osterville, Massachusetts. In 2005, Koch contributed $500,000 in donations to the Alliance directly and more than $1 million toward lobbyist efforts to defeat the project.[5] [6]
Koch donated $1.5 million to Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound[16] . It's goal is to prevent the construction of Cape Wind, a wind power project located in Nantucket Sound, near Koch's Cape Cod house.
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And the family energy business --
KOCH INDUSTRIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) was included in Cape Wind Opposition In Perspective as a contributor to Rep. Rahall's PAC.
Rep. Rahall (D-WV) has suddenly developed a concern over Cape Wind's development -
"A project like Cape Wind, which would be the first offshore wind energy installation in United States waters, has a precedental value that requires extra caution."
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Political Action CommitteeCampaign Contribution Details'08 Election Cycle
Total 2007-2008 campaign contributions: $842500
Total 2005-2006 campaign contributions: $699500
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Bereft of substantive issues to stop the Cape Wind, it seems a sudden appreciation of history has evolved. Since the arguments about the obstruction of the view of the wealthy and those connected with Dirty Energy, continue to deny Cape residents of Clean Wind energy, we'll see where this leads --
Groups question how MMS is handling Cape Wind historic preservation issue.
And maybe we'll see a heightened awareness of public policy dictated by campaign contributions.
1 comment:
It didn't take long for the blind sheep who are following or are members of the Alliance to respond with comments lacking substance.
Allow me to remind those who would waste my time rejecting their comments that blogs are NOT democracies.
As a consequence of the Tennessee dike collapse, it is becoming increasing difficult to justify our continued mindless energy policy that is bought and paid for by DIRTY ENERGY and those involved, like the railroads.
We need to re-think our energy policies.
We need to re-think our personal consumption of energy.
We need to recognize that the US per capita energy consumption is the HIGHEST in the world --- with NO EXCEPTION. It is "wasted energy" because we have been offered no alternatives and no public information campaign has been conducted to explain the simplicity of 'conservation' (now known by the politically correct term of 'energy efficiency').
The US has 5% of the world's population, yet consumes 25% of the world's resources and produces 25% of the world's pollution.
Each of us -- each and every single one of us -- can reduce our energy consumption and our carbon footprint.
To the right of this blog are links to environmental and energy sites, but anyone who has endured my energy rants is fully aware that my personal pet peeve is JUNK MAIL, a major nuisance.
Cape Wind is NOT the final solution, but one step in the puzzle.
At the top of this blog is a search feature. There is information contained regarding alternative energy, energy efficiency and much else.
When you can post a comment indicating that your home is 'net zero' and you live efficiently, and can produce a factual comment regarding your opposition to Cape Wind, it might get posted.
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