The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit self-styled environmental organization dedicated to the opposition of the Cape Wind project and to the long-term preservation of Nantucket Sound.
It was formed in 2001 in response to Cape Wind's proposal to build a wind farm in the Sound. Its goal is to protect Nantucket Sound in perpetuity through conservation, environmental action, and opposition to inappropriate industrial or commercial development. The Alliance supports formal designation of Nantucket Sound as a marine protected area.
Alliance membership and allies include the Town of Barnstable, Associated Industries of MA, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association, Wampanoag Tribe of Gayhead / Aquinnah, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, grass-roots citizen groups, wealthy residents of Cape Cod, executives in fossil fuel industries, some local towns, Chambers of Commerce, several environmental groups, many fishing and recreation groups, and public figures including billionaire oil heir William Koch, former mining executive Doug Yearley (deceased), current candidate for U.S. President and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, Attorney General Tom Reilly, and Congressman Bill Delahunt. Its current president is Audra Parker of Barnstable . Among its directors have been Dan Wolf, President and CEO of airline Cape Air, along with former candidate for Massachusetts governor and convenience store baron Christy Mihos (source: public records at the Massachusetts Division of Corporations).
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