Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound Inc

Programs: See schedule o for the alliance's detailed program service accomplishments. Alliance 2014 activitiesgrassroots/public outreach-issued press releases on the impacts and high costs of cape wind and updates on the financial and legal challenges facing cape wind -presented threats of cape wind to numerous local groups to educate the community on this issue-hosted stakeholder group meeting updates-provided interviews to local, state, national, and international media-distributed collateral materials to hundreds of businesses on the cape and islands describing the threats and status of cape wind-authored letters to the editor and op-eds for local newspapers-responded to student inquiries regarding cape windregulatory-commented to the irs challenging its rule-making process for itc qualification -commented on cape wind's application for an incidental harassment authorization for pre-construction survey activities from the national marine fisheries service (nmfs)-provided information to nmfs including evidence of a recent vessel strike with a right whale and noise impact studies-filed freedom of information act (foia) requests to federal and state agencies involved in the review of cape wind and reviewed numerous foia documents released by federal agencies-sent letters to epa regarding cape wind's clean air act permitlegal-filed a lawsuit challenging cape wind's contract with nstar, including commerce clause and federal power act claims in u. S. District court in boston-filed an appeal of the dismissal of our nstar lawsuit in the u. S. Court of appeals in boston-filed a lawsuit against the faa for failure to release documents under foia -filed appeals in the u. S. Court of appeals in dc challenging the remanded reviews to u. S. Fish & wildlife service and national marine fisheries service ordered by the u. S. District court in dc development-updated supporters on a regular basis with letters, newsletters, phone calls, emails, and personal meetings-held numerous fundraising events to update supporters