What you can do to get in the debate . . .
Learn: Our main story on the proposal is at www.buffalonews.com/home/ story/648567.html
The American Wind Energy Association provides an overview of offshore wind power at www.awea.org/faq/wwt_offshore.html. A link to America’s first offshore project proposal, 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound, is at www.capewind.org (including a video clip from an existing Danish project) and opponents cite a Beacon Hill Institute study, www.beaconhill.org/CapeWindTopic.htm.
Voice your opinion: The New York Power Authority Web site, www.nypa.gov, has a contact page and announcements. Feedback on this issue can be left at info@nypa.gov and the feedback phone number is 914-287-4271. A link to the agency’s request to potential developers is at www.nypa.gov/GreatLakesWindRFEI.htm
Write: Join the issues discussion by posting a comment on this topic in our Matters of Opinion blog at www.buffalonews.com, or write a 200-word letter to the editor for possible publication on our op-ed page (lettertoeditor@buffnews.com or Everybody’s Column, The Buffalo News, P. O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY, 14240).
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