U.S.: Mass Climate Action Network spins for Cape Wind
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A recent email alert from Mass
Climate Action Network (MCAN) has a section titled: "New Opinion Poll
Finds Growing Support for Cape Wind" in which it says: "An opinion
survey released October 25th found that 61 percent of residents of the Cape and
islands - slightly more than three in five - support the Cape Wind project. The
survey, commissioned by the Newton-based Civil Society Institute and conducted
by Opinion Research Corporation, also found bipartisan support for the
Nantucket Sound offshore wind project..... A total of 501 residents of the Cape
and islands were interviewed by telephone Oct. 10 to 15."
However, if the reader follows
the link to the Cape Cod Today story she'll discover this: ""The CPN/CSI
poll is biased by its very design and based on leading questions designed to
influence the results," Parker said by email in describing the [The
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound] response to the survey. "The poll consistently positioned Cape
Wind as a positive while downplaying concerns or ignoring them completely to
support their results."
As an example, Parker cited a
question claiming that Horseshoe Shoal, the proposed site for Cape Wind's 130
turbines, "is not in waters used any longer for significant commercial
fishing."
"The Mass. Fishermen's
Partnership and the commercial fishermen who earn much of their livelihood on
Horseshoe Shoal know differently," Parker said.
A day before the new survey was
released, the Alliance released a statement through PRNewswire challenging
CSI's credibility in previous surveys about Cape Wind and renewable
energy."
So, MCAN continues to spin for
Cape Wind and the privatization of the commons. Such shameless obfiscation is
expected from outfits like Cape Wind, but from concerned enviros? MCAN needs to give both sides of the story upfront and let the people decide if
Cape Wind is a good thing or the right project in the wrong place.
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