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landmark regional pact to
cut greenhouse gas emis-
sions. The plan adopts a
market-based approach that
would cap and trade carbon
dioxide emissions. Power
plants that emit more car-
bon dioxide under the set
limits could then buy credits
from cleaner plants. Most
global warming pollution
from electricity generation
in the Northeast comes from
a handful of power plants,
cleaning up their emissions
will significantly reduce the
Northeast's contribution to
global warming.
The initiative begins limit-
ing emissionsin2009,with the
goal of reducing emissions by
10 percent before 2019. Each
state sets limits on pollutant
emissions and then issues
permits,withgeneratingfirms
allowed to sell permits to
each other. Each participat-
ing state will charge electric-
ity generators for at least 25
percent of their permits, with
the option of disseminating
the remaining 75 percent at
their discretion. The money
collected from the permits
must be used for consumer
benefit or strategic energy
purposes.
Additionally, generating
firms are allowed to use off-
sets as an alternative manner
of reducing greenhouse gas
emission, instead of cutting
emissions at the Massachu-
setts power plant. Up to 3.3
percent of emissions reduc-
tions may be credited by
offsets from anywhere else in
the United States.
Opponents of the measure,
including Governor Romney,
have cited increased energy
costs as their major concern .
However, a study conducted
bythe Massachusetts Depart-
ment of Energy Resources
estimated long-term savings
for residential consumers if
Massachusettsjoinsthe pact.
Direct investmentsin energy
efficiency and clean energy
will benefit consumers by
minimizingany priceimpacts
of the program; in fact, using
the money collected from the
permits for energy efficiency
may end up decreasing costs
for residential customers.
Ultimately,these standards
should be adopted at the
federal level, so the whole
country can reap the ben-
efits of less pollution and
carbon dioxide emissions.
The effort to enact these
standards in the Northeast
is, in part, a response to the
failure at the federal level
to pass nationwide carbon
emission limits or join the
international Kyoto Protocol.
However, experience shows
that federal standards are
only established after states
take the lead.
Passage of this legislation
willenable Massachusetts to
join the critical first step in
developing a national policy
on climate change. Now is
the time for action. We need
to continue our advocacy to
ensure that Beacon Hill un-
derstands the pressing need
for emission reductions.
The failure to enact timely
standards at the federal level
has left it to the states to
take leadership to encourage
greenhouse gas reduction.
While a number of states
have acknowledged this ob-
ligation , Massachusetts is
being left behind. It is time
for Massachusetts to join its
Northeastern neighbors and
take control of its escalating
carbon dioxide emissions by
enactingthis important emis-
sion agreement.
Greenhouse gas initiative...
LETTERS
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qualifyingfor reimbursement the district
should never have paid.)
Finally, marvel that BHMCS trustees
-legally agents of the state rather than
representatives of local taxpayers -have
for «x years enjoyed a no-bid, cost-plus
mo lopoly as sole-provider of-education
services for Barnstable's 5 graders.
(Two years ago,the monopoly expanded
to include 6 graders.)
Since the resignation of Gerald Dowl-
ingfrom the school committee andAndre
Ravenelle from the superintendency,
no one in a position of authority has
questioned the inequities that have
arisenfrom thisone-sided arrangement.
Inequities paid for by allof our students,
including those at BHMCS, since these
students have come from and will soon
move on to schoolsthat receive less than
their fair share of funding.
Despite protestations to the contrary,
BHMCS trustees, past and present, have
fought for threeyearsto keeptheir school's
financial data from public scrutiny. Cur-
rently, they are in violation of mandates
from both the Supervisor of Public Re-
cords and the State Attorney General to
release this information undoctored and
unimpaired. What are they hiding?
Parents who want the best for their
children, teachers who want sensibly
equipped classrooms, and taxpayers
who want an educational return on their
investment need to question current
practices.
Rick Porteus
Centerville
Who's changing the rules now?
InMay2005,Sen.Edward Kennedytook
to the Senate floor and criticized Repub-
lican attempts to end the filibuster.
"Every child knows that you don't
change the rules in the middle of the
game," Kennedy said in his remarks.
Yes, every child knows this, or should
anyway,but it's alesson apparently lost
on others long past childhood. Less than
ayear later, Kennedy is pushing for Con-
gressto do exactlywhat he wasdenounc-
ing Republicans for last spring.
Kennedy wants to change the rules in
the middle of the game when it comes
to offshore renewable energy - lest the
Cape Wind project succeed in its rigor-
ous environmentaland regulatoryreview,
well into its fifth year, and appear on the
horizon severalmilesfrom the Kennedys'
summer homes.
The provision that would derail the
wind farm , the so-called Stevens '
amendment, gives veto power over Cape
Wind to the governor of Massachusetts
- for no specific reason at all. So much
for the opponents' claims about massive
bird kill, radar problems and threats to
navigational safety.
After three years of research, Mass
Audubon issued preliminary approval for
Cape Windlast month,withmore studies
still to come. The Coast Guard and Fed-
eral Aviation Administration have con-
cluded that Cape Wind would not pose
a threat to vessels and planes crossing
Nantucket Sound, with more vigorous
oversight still to be done, as warranted
for any utility-scale energy proposal.
But Cape Wind's opponents aren't
taking any chances. They would rather
killthe project outright than risk further
scrutiny that would show Cape Wind in
a favorable light.
This is the specter on the horizon that
haunts them more than any other.
Jack Coleman
media adviser to Clean Power Now
Hyannis
Objections to Cape Wind
well-grounded
Greenpeace has provided their en-
dorsement of Cape Wind while many
serious issues presented by this project
remain.Leapingbefore lookingasGreen-
peace has done ignores the criticalissue
of appropriate siting. We are embarking
on a new frontier, offshore, and wind
energy projects must be directed devel-
opment as we direct land development
through measures like zoning.
NIMBY,aterm used by Greenpeace and
others, characterizes the opposition of
Cape Wind as wealthy landowners. This
myopic viewpoint seriously undermines
the broad and consistent objecti ons to
this project proposed for a site selected
bythe developer.The risksposed to navi-
gation are significant and real, and reflect
experience with offshore wind farms in
Europe. Cape Wind's consultants assert
"no risk" to navigation, not the Coast
Guard, or the state of Massachusetts.
It isimportant that the public understand
that there has been no finding that this
project is environmentally sound, by either
state or federal agencies responsible for such
making such determinations. And,that the
proponent's draft Environmental Impact
Statement was found grossly deficient by
federal agencies, and was given a "Category
3 -Inadequate " rating by EPA Region 1.
The state of Massachusetts has not
approved this project. Rather, only one
of several permitting agencies has given
preliminary approval for the cable portion
of the project.
The Massachusetts Executive Office
of Environmental Affairs also noted
significant shortcomings in the draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
wrote a 26-page decision outlining ad-
ditional work areas to be addressed by
the applicant.
The Stevens amendment offers a so-
lution that directs the development of
wind energy projects and willensure the
safety of the navigators of our waterway.
The public safety must be the first of all
considerations whensitingwindfacilities,
on shore or offshore.
While we need to focus on alternative
energy sources, we must be certain that
wind energy projects are located so that
the environmental and socioeconomic
impacts are outweighed by the benefits of
the alternative energy source. We should
alsohave reasonable expectations regard-
ing this nascent technology. Wind energy
has little to do with reducing dependence
on foreign oil asonly2 percent of imported
oil is used in generating electricity.
Cape Wind is opposed by bipartisan
leadership of State leaders including
Governor Romney, the Massachusetts
Attorney General, the Lt. Governor, the
senior Senator, Congressionalrepresenta-
tives, the state Senator from the district,
and allbut one state representative. There
is strong opposition to this project voiced
by area Chambers of Commerce, major
commercial fishing organizations, three
local airports, and the public/private ferry
operators who navigate this waterway.
Cape Wind has abused the lack of
federal regulatory program to govern
offshore wind, and wants its project to
move ahead in advance of the developing
national program for offshore wind.
It is our responsibility to adequately ad-
dress siting issues that are presented by off-
shore wind energy projects. Guidingoffshore
wind energyfacility development willensure
that alternative energy sources are viable.
We need solutions that do not compromise
public safety, our fishing grounds, and our
fragile and productive ecosystem.
Barbara Durkin
Northboro
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