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Cape wind : money, celebrity, class, politics, and the battle for our energy future on Nantucket Sound / Wendy Williams and Robert Whitcomb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Wendy, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wind power industry--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound.
- Wind power industry.
- Energy policy--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound.
- Energy policy.
- Renewable energy sources--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Cape Wind Associates.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This acidly funny account of the battle over an offshore wind farm is both a fascinating window on the business and politics of energy and a scathing portrait of the ruling class.
- Contents:
- Jim Gordon's big idea
- The power elite and their entourage
- The electrical priesthood
- Birds, fish, and whales
- A pride of pastels
- The passion of Matt Patrick
- Wianno Seniors, and those who sail them
- The fourth estate
- The Buzzards Bay oil spill
- The senator from Virginia
- A cold snap
- The pleasure of the governor
- More "public" meetings
- Capitol enemies, capital friends
- The tide turns.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-326).
- ISBN:
- 1-283-13914-6
- 9786613139146
- 1-58648-585-7
- OCLC:
- 741492444
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