Cape Wind: Public Opinion

Public Opinion

Click on the names below to hear that persons thoughts on Cape Wind. This is an ongoing archive with entries listed in chronological order. The views expressed below are not necessarily those of WCAI, WGBH, or NPR.

Jack Phaneuf (2:58) owns two commercial fishing boats. He fishes out of Nantucket, Hyannis, Plymouth and Woods Hole.
6/04/07, opposed

Brian Vonherzen (2:32) has a house in Woods Hole. He's a pilot and thinks Cape Wind will not intervere with the approach paths to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
5/26/07, in favor

Tom Wineman (1:37) is the president of the Cape-based company Clean Energy Design and a boardmember of the Cape Wind advocacy group Clean Power Now. He lives in Osterville.
5/26/07, in favor

Monica Collins (0:39) has a summer home in South Dennis. She used to be against the project, but she's changed her mind.
5/10/07, in favor

John Holdren (0:49) is director of the Woods Hole Research Center as well as a professor of environmental policy at Harvard University.
4/23/07, in favor

David Anthony (1:39) is the Barnstable representative to the Cape Light Compact.
4/12/07, undecided

Michael Glasser (1:32) has a second home on Martha's Vineyard, where he wants to erect a wind turbine.
3/09/07, in favor

Joe Pedlosky (1:04) is a geophysical fluid dynamicist who lives in Falmouth.
2/04/07, in favor

Duncan Gibson (0:45) lives in Cummaquid. He's been on the fence about the project for years.
2/01/07, undecided

Steve Brown (1:54) lives on Craigville Beach. He's looking forward to seeing wind turbines in his backyard.
2/01/07, in favor

Bob King (1:58) lives in Sandwich. A cost benefit analysis leaves him conflicted over the wind fram.
2/01/07, undecided

Laura (1:17) lives in Woods Hole. She has a 'Save Our Sound' bumper sticker on her car, but she's for the wind farm.
2/01/07, in favor

Ken Fraser (1:28) lives in Sandwich. He's a boater.
1/26/07, opposed

Ed Cottle (1:19) lives on Martha's Vineyard. As a pilot, he's concerned about aviation safety.
1/20/07, opposed

Kim and John Runyan (1:19) of West Yarmouth both support Cape Wind.
1/20/07, in favor

Lee Chalmers (1:34) lives in Orleans. She wants more information before making up her mind.
1/20/07, undecided

Luke Norman (1:23) works at an upscale jewelry store on Main St. in Hyannis. Despite some reservations, Luke says he's for the project.
1/20/07, in favor

Dan (1:08) lives in Hyannis.
1/20/07, in favor

Virginia Trough (1:03) lives in Dennis.
1/20/07, opposed

Jonathan Murray (1:32) lives in Teaticket. He thinks Cape Wind is a step towards getting the US out of the Middle East.
1/20/07, in favor

Candice (1:51) is a paleo-climatologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
1/20/07, in favor

Janice Hajj (1:55) moved to Hyannis in 2006. She volunteers at the public library.
1/20/07, undecided

Paula Hardy (1:45) lives in Boston with a second home in Yarmouthport.
1/20/07, in favor

Bill Weaks (2:22) lives in Hull, Massachusetts, where there are two town owned wind turbines.
1/18/07, in favor

Anita Lord (1:32) lives in Marshfield, MA. Anita's on a committee investigating the feasibility of wind energy for Marshfield.
1/18/07, in favor

Malcolm Brown (2:56) lives in Hull, MA. He's on the Hull Municipal Light Board. You can hear the blades of a town-owned wind turbine in the background.
1/18/07, in favor

John Buller (1:08) owns Louis' Market in Sagamore where he also lives.
1/18/07, in favor

Barbara (2:25) lives in Orleans.
1/17/07, opposed