Reply #2: Walter Cronkite withdrew his opposition--he lives out there [View All]

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http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2003/08/29/cronkite_withdraws_ad.php

Opposition to this project, he said, "may be premature."

The former television newsman, in residence this summer at his longtime Edgartown home, said he will now await the outcome of ongoing studies before reaching a personal decision on the project. When he first lined up with the opposition, he said, "I did not realize ... that almost a score of government agencies were investigating and were preparing a report on the impact of the Nantucket Sound project. My final decision on the necessity of it being located in the Sound will await that report and the results of other investigations to determine whether the Sound is the only feasible location for a wind farm in this area." (Mr. Cronkite's complete statement appears on Page Fifteen this morning.)

Website that describes the project... http://www.capewind.org/index.php

75% of the electricity for the Cape could be provided by this project.