tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937613925973440513.post7584933934694272400..comments2023-05-26T08:54:05.491-04:00Comments on Truth to Power: Mass Audobon Society rejects mega-casinosKathleen Conley Norbuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00266346391658329664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937613925973440513.post-60542304636842847562010-03-27T21:56:26.298-04:002010-03-27T21:56:26.298-04:00Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon writes:
"Rene...Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon writes: <br /> <br />"Renewable energy: Permits should require renewable energy use such as wind, solar and geothermal supplying much of the buildings' energy." <br /> <br />"Wildlife habitat and rare species: Habitat conservation plans should demonstrate how impacts will be avoided, minimized and mitigated." <br /> <br />...and elaborates on the temptations of "big money" "moral, social or ethical values" of development that "should not come at the expense of nature of Massachusetts". <br /> <br />While Mass Audubon's condition of "support" for Cape Wind is agency acceptance of a contract funded by Cape Wind, to count the bird carcasses caused by Cape Wind. <br /> <br />'Mass Audubon's condition of support for Cape Wind spells bias' offers evidence of immitigable harm to wildlife posed by Cape Wind and Mass Audubon: <br /> <br />http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/21/4046167-mass-audubon-condition-of-support-for-cape-wind-spells-bias <br /> <br />The fox, it appears, is once again attempting to guard the henhouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937613925973440513.post-703955071548089102009-01-06T21:00:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:00:00.000-05:00There is no place in Middleboro that is more inapp...There is no place in Middleboro that is more inappropriate to loose control of the land. <BR/>A large portion of the issue is the by placing the Land Into Trust (LIT), it becomes 'Sovereign,' that is a separate nation. <BR/>The Town and the state would no longer control underground storage tanks, filling of wetlands, water consumption and discharge. <BR/>I'm glad Mass Audubon expressed their concern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com