"Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has said that he will announce his decision this week on the fate of Cape Wind, a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

The decision should be easy to make. This is a project that needs to be approved and implemented as soon as possible.

There are two main groups criticizing the project. The first is that the turbines would damage the views from the homes of well-to-do Cape Cod residents. Theirs is a classic not-in-my-backyard argument that has no substance to it.

Slightly more problematic are the objections being raised by two of the region’s Wampanoag Indian tribes alleging that the project would disturb spiritual sun greetings and possible burial grounds with ancestral artifacts on the seabed that was once exposed land. At least one tribe has said they are prepared to sue if Salazar gives the project the OK.

However, there is no evidence of the burial grounds, and the sun will still rise each morning even if there are a few wind turbines to greet it. We don’t need political correctness trumpeting rational thought. "

Get the Story:
Editorial-- Salazar: Country needs Cape Wind (The New Hampshire 4/26)

Another Opinion:
Editorial: Cape Wind and Mr. Salazar (The New York Times 4/26)

Also Today:
Foes vow to sue if wind farm OK’d (The Boston Globe 4/27)
Cape Cod Project Is Crucial Step for U.S. Wind Industry (The New York Times 4/27)

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