The Battle for Cape Wind
The continuing saga of Cape Wind pits renewable power against an ancient culture. It could be the country’s first offshore wind project, offsetting millions of tons of greenhouse gases with clean energy. But Native Americans whose ancestors first settled the Cape and islands of Massachusetts say the windmills would threaten one of their most treasured spiritual rites ?greeting the rising sun. Host Jeff Young visits the people of the rising sun and the man who wants to harness the wind.
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