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That happened in August, and it was to stop the construction of a massive wind turbine farm off the coast of Massachusetts through what is called the Vineyard Wind Project.

So this project would threaten, they believe, the preservation of the marine environment,

specifically the endangered North Atlantic right whale, among other big concerns that they have about the impact on the environment.

So the presidents of ACK residents

against turbines, Valerie Oliver and board member Amy DeCibio, join me now for their

exclusive untold story. Hi, Amy. Hi, Val. Great to have both of you with us today.

Hi, thanks for having us, Martha. So I think what we really need to do in the beginning here is just to get a background.

And Amy, maybe you can sort of get everyone up to speed on what this project is.

Just give us the thumbnail sketch.

So people who have never heard of this, what should they know about it?

Sure.

Thanks, Martha.

The thumbnail sketch is that the federal government offered a bunch of

lease areas off of the east coast of the United States, and it really runs Maine to Florida.

All of the lease areas were purchased by foreign energy conglomerates. And in many cases,

these foreign energy conglomerates, the major stakeholder or a major

stakeholder are foreign governments themselves. So that's just sort of as an aside. So the project

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