With the existential threat of climate change rising like an endless tide, I was deeply disappointed when a community I consider to be in tune with this crisis voted down the offshore wind farm.
With the existential threat of climate change rising like an endless tide, I was deeply disappointed when a community I consider to be in tune with this crisis voted down the offshore wind farm. I think one missing piece of your wind farm coverage was this: what are the best, most comprehensive arguments against the offshore wind farm? For example, fishing was opaquely alluded to. How will a cable a few feet wide impact fishing over an area of many square miles? I don’t ask this pejoratively. I really want to know. However, if the real reason is something as silly as aesthetics, then I would consider that unconscionable. It would be great if the Gazette helped more deeply illuminate the issue and the perspectives around it.
Pete Gray
Vineyard Haven
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The community did not vote
Downislander EdgartownThe community did not vote down the wind farm. The Edgartown Conservation Commission voted to not approve a permit for the cable. The State DEP issued a "superseding order of conditions" and there is now an ill-conceived appeal of that state order. I can assure you that the community at large was appalled by the Edgartown Con. Com decision.
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