Suit claims Cape Wind violates endangered species law

By State House News Service  The Cape Wind project targeted for Nantucket Sound violated federal protections for threatened and endangered species, including the North Atlantic right whale, project opponents and conservation groups argue in a brief filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, which has vowed to prevent the project from being built, said the new suit is one of five federal suits facing Cape Wind, a project that proponents hope will set a new standard for offshore wind production in the United States.

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