Comments on: New, Split-up Corruption-Proofed MMS Gets Application for Off-Shore Wind http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/new-split-up-corruption-proofed-mms-gets-application-for-off-shore-wind/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Susan Kraemer http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/new-split-up-corruption-proofed-mms-gets-application-for-off-shore-wind/#comment-9869 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:26:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12795#comment-9869 I blame the very powerful fossil industry – along with Kennedy. The fossil-funded think tanks like The Heartland Institute DID have a lot to do with the prevention of this Cape project, (along with all other wind projects and any clean energy projects it opposes) because their anti-wind propaganda swayed people against it.

These think tanks CEI, the Heritage Foundation, etc, move public opinion against renewable energy by providing many “pundits” to opine for the industry on tv and radio shows to provide intellectual ammunition against competition.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

As a measure of how effective they are, the MMS was not (until these changes) really set up to approve (or disapprove) off-shore wind (or wave energy, in the future), only to fast-track oil and gas extraction.

Bush was put in power by the fossil energy industry. But its power and influence preceded him.

]]> By: LouG http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/new-split-up-corruption-proofed-mms-gets-application-for-off-shore-wind/#comment-9868 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:54:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12795#comment-9868 Seems to me that the Cape Cod delays were folks like Ted Kennedy, and now some Native American tribe. But you failed to directly blame George Bush which is a small step. LouG

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