In a long line of victories Cape Wind has won yet another legal battle. Just build the damn thing already, its been almost ten years and a million hearings and legal battles, all of which have favored Cape Wind, this has got to be the silliest example in history of a couple rich folks fighting what almost EVERYONE agrees is a great project.
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A divided Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-2 this morning that the state has the power to overrule community opposition and grant the controversial Cape Wind project a suite of local permits it needs to start construction.
The long-awaited decision comes as the project developers enter the homestretch to build 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound within the year. If the court had sided with opponents of the project, it could have held up the project indefinitely or killed it outright because many permits have to come from communities or agencies that oppose the project.
“We affirm the decision of the siting board and conclude that the challenged regulation is valid,” Justice Margot Botsford wrote for the four-justice majority.