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Support America's first offshore wind farm
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Care2
Several U.S. Senators, led by Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), are trying to block plans for "Cape Wind," the nation's first offshore wind farm in Cape Cod, MA. The wind farm would create jobs and meet 75% of the electricity needs of Cape Cod and surrounding islands, helping to reduce fossil fuel consumption and cut global warming pollution from power plants.
But despite the huge potential benefits, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) backs a bill that would effectively halt the proposed construction. The 130-turbine, 24-square-mile cluster of windmills would be about 8 miles from Kennedy's home in Hyannis Port.
Ted Kennedy and other rich homeowners just don't want their view spoiled.
The Cape Wind project has been undergoing stringent environmental reviews for five years now; experts estimate there would be very little if any negative impact under water for marine life.
As record oil prices turn attention to the need for renewable fuels, momentum is building in Congress to buck Senator Edward M. Kennedy's bid to block the proposed Cape Cod wind energy project. Speak up! Sign this petition and let your representatives know that you want renewable energy!
But despite the huge potential benefits, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) backs a bill that would effectively halt the proposed construction. The 130-turbine, 24-square-mile cluster of windmills would be about 8 miles from Kennedy's home in Hyannis Port.
Ted Kennedy and other rich homeowners just don't want their view spoiled.
The Cape Wind project has been undergoing stringent environmental reviews for five years now; experts estimate there would be very little if any negative impact under water for marine life.
As record oil prices turn attention to the need for renewable fuels, momentum is building in Congress to buck Senator Edward M. Kennedy's bid to block the proposed Cape Cod wind energy project. Speak up! Sign this petition and let your representatives know that you want renewable energy!
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# 14,846:
9:08 am PDT, Aug 4,
Florence Stanley, Australia
# 14,845:
9:01 am PDT, Aug 4,
Carleton B. Spotts, Missouri
Safe, Clean electricity is GOOD
Safe, Clean electricity is GOOD
# 14,844:
8:50 am PDT, Aug 4,
David Watts, California
Do what is right by your state and your constituents, let alone establish a strong and positive precedent for your country, rather than making a decision based on your personal wishes.
Do what is right by your state and your constituents, let alone establish a strong and positive precedent for your country, rather than making a decision based on your personal wishes.
# 14,843:
8:47 am PDT, Aug 4,
Jennifer Hunter, New York
# 14,842:
8:44 am PDT, Aug 4,
Lynda Quadland, Texas
# 14,841:
8:03 am PDT, Aug 4,
Lisa Jablow, Vermont
# 14,840:
7:49 am PDT, Aug 4,
Tiffany Gerulis, Michigan
This is an important step toward the solution to our energy problems. We can only extract so much coal, then it will be gone forever, leaving us with a scarred and polluted landscape. Nuclear is NOT the answer either, as what will we do with the waste? Put it in the ground to poison our water? Besides nuclear waste is a security hazard that we should be far more concerned with than putting fences along our borders. Wind and solar are the sustainable, healthy options. I'd rather see wind farms than reactors. I wish we would use some of the wasteland near the river Rouge, or the old Uniroyal plant for a wind farm. We need serious leadership in this direction, and we need it now.
This is an important step toward the solution to our energy problems. We can only extract so much coal, then it will be gone forever, leaving us with a scarred and polluted landscape. Nuclear is NOT the answer either, as what will we do with the waste? Put it in the ground to poison our water? Besides nuclear waste is a security hazard that we should be far more concerned with than putting fences along our borders. Wind and solar are the sustainable, healthy options. I'd rather see wind farms than reactors. I wish we would use some of the wasteland near the river Rouge, or the old Uniroyal plant for a wind farm. We need serious leadership in this direction, and we need it now.
# 14,839:
4:50 am PDT, Aug 4,
Nicole Steemans, Belgium
# 14,838:
9:38 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Taylor Cayes, New Jersey
# 14,837:
9:08 pm PDT, Aug 3,
LISA DEVENS, New York
# 14,836:
8:41 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Katie Herrin, Georgia
# 14,835:
5:49 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Rhonda Wetmore-Messenger, Florida
We have to take steps in the right direction to stop use of oil products. This is a wonderful project, it must be built.
We have to take steps in the right direction to stop use of oil products. This is a wonderful project, it must be built.
# 14,834:
5:44 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Steven White, Minnesota
So, exactly when are we all going to have the moral character to put our money where our mouths are. We need other ways to power our society, and we all have to do our share to get it.
So, exactly when are we all going to have the moral character to put our money where our mouths are. We need other ways to power our society, and we all have to do our share to get it.
# 14,833:
5:09 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Name not displayed, California
Well, Senator, are you saying "not in my backyard"? If that is true, are there any alternative sites?
Well, Senator, are you saying "not in my backyard"? If that is true, are there any alternative sites?
# 14,832:
4:57 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Dylan Henderson, Florida
# 14,831:
4:34 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Silvia Ator, New Mexico
# 14,830:
3:55 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Pam Bennett, California
# 14,829:
3:06 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Joyce Rinehart, Florida
# 14,828:
2:36 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Maricela Renteria, California
# 14,827:
1:30 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Anna Boughne, California
# 14,826:
12:36 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Sam Inabinet, Virginia
Any elected official who opposes this clearly beneficial bill is displaying their true loyalty to interests other than those of the people of the United States of America. Please be assured that such loyalties will be noted and given due consideration as elections approach.
Any elected official who opposes this clearly beneficial bill is displaying their true loyalty to interests other than those of the people of the United States of America. Please be assured that such loyalties will be noted and given due consideration as elections approach.
# 14,825:
12:18 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Tara Reynolds, Florida
What would be the harm in producing energy for the American people and help the enviroment at the same time? But I guess the upper class on the bay think that thier precious view is more important than producing enviromentally safe energy,jobs, as well as saving the enviroment from harmful pollutants that can help protect our children, their children and the world as a whole!
What would be the harm in producing energy for the American people and help the enviroment at the same time? But I guess the upper class on the bay think that thier precious view is more important than producing enviromentally safe energy,jobs, as well as saving the enviroment from harmful pollutants that can help protect our children, their children and the world as a whole!
# 14,824:
11:28 am PDT, Aug 3,
Helen Banister-Clow, California
# 14,823:
11:01 am PDT, Aug 3,
Louisa G, California
# 14,822:
9:45 am PDT, Aug 3,
Nicola Hartzell, Texas
# 14,821:
9:43 am PDT, Aug 3,
Lindsay Simpson, Canada
# 14,820:
9:34 am PDT, Aug 3,
Gwen Johnson, Washington
What a better way to concerve energy than to use what was naturally given to us. We take for granted mother nature and her way of giving us the things we need. We should be thankful something like this is being done because to be honest our energy supply is running short on us...its been in the news of recent. Seriously consider this, you wihtout hot running water, not being able to watch tv, not hearing a radio, the microwave wont work, the vaccum doesnt run, no hot running water for a shower, no clean cloths because you washing machine takes electricity and energy to run and we are out...No hospital rooms can furnish false life to people needing it to keep them alive, no emergencie rooms will run there is nothing to see with except candles and that isnt enough. When will you begin to take notice of a plan that is in the best interest of many of our futures...Now would be a good time.
What a better way to concerve energy than to use what was naturally given to us. We take for granted mother nature and her way of giving us the things we need. We should be thankful something like this is being done because to be honest our energy supply is running short on us...its been in the news of recent. Seriously consider this, you wihtout hot running water, not being able to watch tv, not hearing a radio, the microwave wont work, the vaccum doesnt run, no hot running water for a shower, no clean cloths because you washing machine takes electricity and energy to run and we are out...No hospital rooms can furnish false life to people needing it to keep them alive, no emergencie rooms will run there is nothing to see with except candles and that isnt enough. When will you begin to take notice of a plan that is in the best interest of many of our futures...Now would be a good time.
# 14,819:
9:32 am PDT, Aug 3,
Larry Honeycutt, Maryland
# 14,818:
8:59 am PDT, Aug 3,
Karen Heath, Kansas
# 14,817:
8:16 am PDT, Aug 3,
Jen Wilk, New Jersey
# 14,816:
8:01 am PDT, Aug 3,
Hyunble Lee, Korea, Republic Of
# 14,815:
7:35 am PDT, Aug 3,
Gail Hunt, Washington
Don't you care about your grandchildren?
Don't you care about your grandchildren?
# 14,814:
6:24 am PDT, Aug 3,
Melissa Ellis, Rhode Island
Wind farms are part of the key to unlocking the energy puzzle, please keep an open mind.
Wind farms are part of the key to unlocking the energy puzzle, please keep an open mind.
# 14,813:
5:01 am PDT, Aug 3,
Greg Cox, Texas
# 14,812:
9:11 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Jon Rothberg, New York
I agree with what Mr. Callaway #14,806 says and see no need to repeat
I agree with what Mr. Callaway #14,806 says and see no need to repeat
# 14,811:
7:32 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Maureen Wheeler, Maine
we need alternative energy sources desperately to save our planet and ourselves
we need alternative energy sources desperately to save our planet and ourselves
# 14,810:
6:58 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Thomas Phillips, Illinois
# 14,809:
6:58 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Peter Callaway, New York
It's time to move away from narrow minded, materialistic concerns; we already over consume, waste and pollute and focus on the accumulation and protection of wealth... time to think what's right for our planet whose stewardship has been entrusted to us. The US is doing a lousey job at stewardship and needs to start showing some of the right stuff again. Support wind farms as soon as possible, wherever possible and put aside your materialistic greed. Your wealth will never make you happy but doing what's right to help this country move away from fossil fuels for energy will lighten your heart.
It's time to move away from narrow minded, materialistic concerns; we already over consume, waste and pollute and focus on the accumulation and protection of wealth... time to think what's right for our planet whose stewardship has been entrusted to us. The US is doing a lousey job at stewardship and needs to start showing some of the right stuff again. Support wind farms as soon as possible, wherever possible and put aside your materialistic greed. Your wealth will never make you happy but doing what's right to help this country move away from fossil fuels for energy will lighten your heart.
# 14,808:
5:24 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Robert Weingart, Ohio
This initiative benefits everyone and hurts no one. Support it.
This initiative benefits everyone and hurts no one. Support it.
# 14,807:
4:57 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Kate Kenner, Massachusetts
# 14,806:
4:34 pm PDT, Aug 2,
John Haglund, North Carolina
# 14,805:
4:28 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Catherine Kroczynski, New York
# 14,804:
4:18 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Lynelle Ducommun, Illinois