Conservation Law Foundation joined more than 30 national, regional and local environmental organizations today on a letter to Massachusetts senator Scott Brown chiding him for his response to a series of ads taking him to task for his votes on environmental issues. Brown’s public remarks and a Boston Herald editorial have attempted to deflect attention away from the issues raised in the ads and onto the tactics of the League of Women Voters, the organization behind them. The letter details Brown’s recent votes for two pieces of legislation that, if enacted, would severely impact public health, including the health of children. Brown has said in the wake of the ads that “as a father, I would never do anything to put my two daughters or anyone else’s children in harm’s way.” The letter supported the ads as being “scientifically accurate.” In a press release, CLF’s Seth Kaplan urged Brown to respond to the issues at hand, saying, “By voting to undermine EPA’s ability to protect public health and the environment, he is choosing to protect out-of-state polluters, not his constituents.”
Frank Haggerty
We need to point to the wind turbine siting bylaw backed by Gov Patrick as evidence that local powers will be circumvented and giant 400 foot commercial turbines will be placed in your backyards !
Massachusetts semi-quasi state agencies failed out citizens placing commercial wind turbines to near our homes! The residents of Falmouth are living in their basements !
We only need look at Falmouth Experience: Life Under The Blades
it’s looking more and more that widespread acceptance of wind turbines on the Cape and Islands will be problematic. In the towns where turbines have faltered, there has been no effort to revisit them. The citizens groups are looking at class action litigation as the Governor continues to push commercial wind turbines !
Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and Sam Jonsson may be the only ones to stop the the wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon our residential property rights !