Cape Wind clears state environmental hurdle.

• Position: Massachusetts - Brief article

ON MAR. 30, CAPE WIND CLEARED A critical hurdle when Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles approved the project's Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), saying that the plan for 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound complies with state environmental laws. CLF praised Bowles' decision, saying it was the right conclusion after years of rigorous environmental review, reflecting the state's commitment to combating climate change by supporting renewable energy.

"Projects like the Cape Wind offshore wind energy proposal are critically important to our effort to combat climate change and lessen our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels," said CLF President Phil Warburg in a Mar. 31 New York Times article.

In their public comments on the FEIR, CLF and 11 other environmental groups said that...