OFFSHORE WIND OPPONENTS HOPE WARNER KEEPS TRYING TO BLOCK PROJECT

Sen. John Warner (R-VA) was forced to drop a controversial amendment to the defense authorization bill earlier this month that would have banned offshore wind projects pending further congressional action on the issue, but opponents of Cape Wind, the first and largest planned offshore wind farm in the nation, say the issue is far from dead. A long-expected draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed 130-turbine Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound off the Massachusetts coast is being delayed...