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>> we are announcing the expansion of offshore exploration with you in ways to protect americas natural resources. >> the policy laid out, the hybrid fleets from off shore drilling to nuclear energy to wind energy underscores the seriousness with which my administration takes this challenge. >> geraldo: i predict cape wind will get real wind at its back. from a political perspective both the president and governor palin needed this oil spill like a hole in the head. earlier in the battleground s...

>> we are announcing the expansion of offshore exploration with you in ways to protect americas natural resources. >> the policy laid out, the hybrid fleets from off shore drilling to nuclear energy to wind energy underscores the seriousness with which my administration takes this challenge. >> geraldo: i predict cape wind will get real wind at its back. from a political perspective both the president and governor palin needed this oil spill like a hole in the head. earlier in the battleground s...

You know, windmills, and offshore wind is one form of energy. but it is expensive, and, there are several issues, with it. but i think the larger point we are trying to make is, this decision shows that the interior department is capable of moving forward with production of energy and we hope it will expand to all forms of energy. martha: ive heard, and tell me if this is wrong, the amount of energy it takes to create and build one windmill could never be recouped in that windmills life. >> well...

Senator kennedy opposed this project. cape wind would have been within sight of the kennedy compound in hyannis port. scott brown also is opposed to this project saying it would interrupt everything from tourism to the fishing industry to land and sea navigation. on the other hand, the government, devol patrick has been very much for the project. standing by ken sal zer saying this would be good for the economy, good for energy here in massachusetts. shep? >> shepard: setting aside any possible ...

>> this has been a long battle. senator ted kennedy who passed away last summer was adamantly against cape wind. the turbines would have been visible from the kennedy compound. he was against it. republican scott brown against the project. deval patrick for the project. it wasnt something you could divide among party lines. theres a possibility of legal lawsuits being filed. native american tribes are against the project so the court battles could still be to come. >> shepard: molly line from ou...

And job creation. how soon until the turbines are built? >> after nine years of legal, financial, political wrangling cape wind will start construction by the end of the year and operating the turbines by the end of 2012. there are auto few more caveats the government put on the project, ken salazar saying the project would be made smaller, returfed from 170 proposed turbines to 130. surveys need to be done to make sure archeological findings are protected and to move slowly. thus far approval. ...

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The exxon valdez, that was 11 million gallons. to not minimize the threat to the resources there, but much smaller than the exxon valdez. the other big announcement in this department, where do we get energy and get it offshore? happened up here. if you look at the dots these are proposed wind turbine farms in waters off coastal areas of the united states. north carolina, maryland, delaware, new jersey, connecticut. the one in thing is nantucket sound. the interior department gave permission for...

Decision on building americas first offshore windfarm. clearing the way for more than 100 turbans to be built off cape code in massachusetts. this decision has some major implications for the entire wind energy industry but also could put the obama administration at odds with some of the presidents biggest supporters including the ken family of massachusetts. molly live in boston for us. what does this decision mean for the massachusetts project and for other big projects under consideration her...

Placed once these thing are built. this is huge step for cape wind. been a nine year long process a lot of regulatory political hurdles theyve jumped through and this also means a lot to the industry as a whole. there are a number of projects that are waiting in the wings as you would say up and down the atlantic coast to move forward from delaware, maryland a lot of projects in the works and this will give them some hope regulatory-wise theyll be able to move forward a little quicker than perha...