national average for regular unleaded is more than a dollar than it was a year ago. while the price has soared up a dollar today. while the dollar weakened against foreign concern sis. oil and the dollar usually trade in opposite directions. the feds today okaying a controversial plan to build 130 power generating wind turbines off the coast of massachusetts. the not in my backyard battle has been going on for about a decade now. opponents claim the turbines would wreck the national beauty nantucket sound off cape cod. harm wildlife and increase the burden on rate payers. supporters say the project could create up to a thousand jobs and reduce reliance on coal and oil. today in boston the interior secretary ken salazar applauded this decision. >> in many ways pioneer for offshore development in the united states. signing the construction and operation's plan today reflects our determination to capture the possibilities that offshore wind, power represents to the economy and to the energy future