- Despite a determination by the National Park Service that the Nantucket Sound can be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Obama administration signaled a resolution to the nine-year dispute over the Cape Wind project is close by planning a meeting next week involving concerned parties. [Boston Globe]
- A plan released by the Patrick administration would allow more than 200 wind turbines in Massachusetts coastal waters by using zoning rules to develop renewable energy projects. The plan also incorporates new environmental protections into the process of developing coastal water uses. [Boston Globe]


