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Salazar sez good things about Cape Wind, still needs to act

March 10, 2009

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capewind, doi, offshorewind, renewableenergy

According to this AP story from yesterday, Interior Secretary Salazar said that the Cape Wind project "makes sense." That's good news, but Secretary Salazar still needs to issue the record of decision for the project and give it a lease....continued

Finally a final EIS for Cape Wind

January 16, 2009

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capewind, markettransformation, MMS, renewableenergy, windpower

Today the federal Mineral Management Service released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Cape Wind. This is a long awaited breakthrough moment for the 130 turbine wind power project now all but certain to be cleared for construction in Nantucket...continued

Cape Wind is needed now; MMS should move quickly

April 21, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capewind, markettransformation, MMS, offshorewind, renewableenergy, wind

Today we pressed send on our written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind project.The DEIS was prepared by the Mineral Management Service as part of the permitting process for the project....continued

Connecting dots: clean tech, diapers, and the energy bill

December 5, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, capewind, cleantech, diapers, energybill, legislation, markettransformation, pyrolysis, wind

I spent yesterday and today at the Future Fuels conference in DC, where I'll be giving this presentation  (2.5MB file) shortly. There are some other interesting presentations here, that I believe will be on the conference web site soon. I'll...continued

Fun wind facts

September 4, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alliancetoprotectnantucketsound, capewind, windpower

From August 2007 North American Windpower coverage of recent US DOE report on recent industry trends (thanks to my colleague Ralph Cavanaugh) : Total US windpower installed as of 2006:                           11,575 MW Wind capacity installed in 2006:                                        2,454 MW Wind...continued

The Daily Show on Cape Wind

August 8, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
capewind, dailyshow, nantucket, videos, windpower

First let me say that if I had to only choose one fake news source it would be the Daily Show. Funny, funny stuff. And it only gets funnier when John and has crew takes on issues close to home. Well...continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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