Interior Secretary Urged to Approve Cape Wind Project
February 4, 2010
After countless bureaucratic skirmishes and nearly a decade, Cape Wind supporters are hopeful the project is nearing final approval. Last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he would make a final decision on America’s first offshore wind farm by April, and labor activists and environmentalists are calling on him to ok what would be one of the largest wind-energy projects in the country.
In a letter calling on the Interior Secretary to support Cape Wind, IBEW President Ed Hill writes:
If allowed to proceed, Cape Wind will create 600 to 1,000 jobs, employment opportunities that are critical to IBEW members.
When operational, the 130-tubine farm – to be located off of Nantucket Sound – is expected to generate 454 megawatts, or approximately 75 percent of Cape Cod’s power needs.
Hill writes:
Approval of Cape Wind is not only important to IBEW members; it will help advance the Obama administration’s goals of creating green jobs, improving environmental quality, and help make the U.S. more energy independent.
To let Secretary Salazar know that you support Cape Wind, click here to send him a message. Public comments are being accepted until February 12.
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