So, will the project to create pollution-free electricity off of Cape Cod be permitted to move forward?

The nation's first proposed offshore wind-energy project cleared its most formidable hurdle yesterday as the US Minerals Management Service declared that the wind farm off Cape Cod would have little lasting impact on wildlife, navigation, and tourism.

The agency's nearly 2,000-page draft environmental impact statement makes clear that the federal government is inclined to approve construction of the 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound, 5 miles from the nearest coastline, unless major new concerns arise during a public comment period. Federal approval would probably come late this year or early next year, and remaining state permits are not expected to be a major obstacle, given that Governor Deval Patrick is in favor of the project.

The problem, of course, is not Cape Wind Instead, it is the CapeWindbag, Senator Teddy the Hutt (D-Chivas Regal). He is concerned that there might be a smudge on the horizon, miles off shore, to obscure a fingernail's breadth of his view. Such a sacrifice has been too much for him and the wealthy NIMBYs who have sought to prevent the project from moving forward.

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