One day after it dismissed a lawsuit by some Nantucket residents against wind turbines now being installed south of their island, a federal appeals court dismissed a similar lawsuit by the president of a solar-energy company who has a summer home there. Read more.
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A federal appeals court yesterday tossed a lawsuit by a group of Nantucket residents who say the wind turbines now being built off their island will kill endangered right whales. Read more.
A federal judge yesterday dismissed the second of four lawsuits against the Vineyard Wind turbine project in the ocean off Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket - this one by Thomas Melone, president of a solar-energy company and a seasonal Nantucket resident. Read more.
A federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit by two Nantucket residents that sought to block construction of wind turbines off Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, concluding they failed to prove the project or its construction would harm or kill right whales and increase air pollution. Read more
My son's school just got a new wind turbine, and it is a thing of beauty. As we headed down I-93 this morning, it was spinning away, cranking out electrons to reduce my tax burden. The ribbon cutting was set for this morning at 10:30. More details from the Medford Clean Energy Committee.