[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: MMR (MA) wind turbine for cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cape wind turbine on line for base cleanup

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
November 3, 2009

CAMP EDWARDS - Rose Forbes, the woman who spearheaded a wind turbine 
project for the Air Force, said recently it made little sense for the 
base to clean up groundwater using energy that fouled the air through 
fossil-fuel emissions.

Yesterday, federal, state, local and military officials gathered to 
celebrate her vision.

More than 200 people huddled under a tent at the base of the 389-foot 
turbine as the wind whipped outside. They were invited to celebrate the 
completion of the $4.6 million, 1.5-megawatt turbine and a milestone in 
the massive cleanup of pollution at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.

"The Air Force can now say all environmental cleanup decisions and 
remedies are now in place," said Doug Karson, a spokesman for the Air 
Force Center of Engineering and the Environment and yesterday's master 
of ceremonies.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091103/NEWS/911030317/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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