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McCain Campaign CoChairman Received $380k to Stop Cape Wind. ThinkProgress.org, May 19, 2008. "On Monday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) unveiled an 'incoherent' global warming plan at the North American headquarters of the Danish wind turbine company Vestas. McCain has justified his long and active opposition to federal support for the domestic wind industry by claiming it 'is doing fine.' In his speech Monday, McCain praised wind power for 'changing our economy for the better'... His top economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, disagrees with McCain's rosy assessment of the wind industry, saying that it needs federal support... In fact, two of McCain's top advisers have been directly involved in stopping the wind industry from progressing, by lobbying against... Cape Wind... Senate lobbying disclosure documents reveal that lobbying firm BKSH & Associates was retained in January 2008 by the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound to 'defeat the proposal for 130 wind turbines' and 'promote alternative means to meet energy needs without sacrificing Nantucket Sound.' Charlie Black [Senior Political Adviser to McCain] was the chairman of BKSH until March... The Loeffler Group received $380,000 from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound from 2003 to 2005 to lobby against Cape Wind. The Loeffler Group was founded by former Republican congressman Tom Loeffler, who remains its chairman [and is the McCain campaign's co-chair]." See McCain Endorses Cape Wind CapeCodToday.com, October 13, 2007.