Documents link wind farm foes to energy firm

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A new lobbying firm for the group opposing a wind farm off Cape Cod filed a federal document last month reporting that its work for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate.
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The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum.

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"Bill Koch is using his company to significantly augment the already substantial amount of lobbying that the opposition group is doing by using his fossil fuel company to fight this wind farm," said Cape Wind communications director Mark Rodgers.
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"Oxbow asked us to take a look at this issue from a macro level, in terms of strategy and advice," Meade said. "As we began those conversations with people at the alliance and learned more about the underlying issue and what needed to be done, that's when we realized that this would necessitate a separate and distinct contract with the alliance."

After the Globe asked about the document, BKSH filed an amended document Monday, eliminating the connection between the two groups and revising the effective date of its work with the group from April to February.
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"They have their own money," said Brad Goldstein, Oxbow's corporate communications director, who said he would not consider his company to be directly involved in the group's lobbying. "They don't need it. They've got plenty of donations on their own, from what I understand.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/15/documents_link_wind_farm_foes_to_energy_firm/