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Senator Kennedy (D, Massachusetts) says that there were no deals. Senator Stevens (R, Alaska) says that he simply believes in states’ rights—particularly when it comes to offshore energy projects.
That’s why he inserted that clause in the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, giving the governor of Massachusetts veto power over the Cape Wind project.
It is only coincidence that our Republican governor agrees with our Democrat senator that the Cape Wind project shouldn’t be built.
But as former New Bedford mayor John Bullard wrote recently, “It seems logical… when Ted Stevens comes calling about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that Senator Kennedy and Congressman Frank will support the drilling, given their feelings about states’ rights.”
Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly is also against the Cape Wind project.
Democrat Reps. William Delahunt, Barney Frank, Edward Markey and Richard Neal told the Associated Press early in May that they support veto power over Cape Wind for the governor. Rep. Michael Capuano said he too will “probably vote for it.” Senator Kerry and the rest of our all-Democrat Congressional delegation wouldn’t say how they will vote, but we can guess.
John Bullard is indignant about the behaviorof his fellow Democrats toward Cape Wind, for he is deeply worried about global warming. "I find myself becoming what I used to frown upon when I was in government, a single-issue voter. And that issue is global warming," he says.
But he’s no tree-hugging hippie, for he adds, “If you don't support Cape Wind, then show us something else. How about nuclear power?”
At best, these politicians want wind power and solar panels to supplement oil and coal, not to replace them. After all, you can’t run armored tanks with solar panels or fly supersonic bombers with windmills.
Conservation for them simply means fuel efficiency, not a way of moving toward a new life in harmony with nature.
That’s how the agency that operates New England’s electric power grid sees it. ISO-NE supports Cape Wind because the agency believes that existing power plants will not be able to satisfy the region’s growing appetite for energy.