sailing ships, the kennedy family compound, quiet ponds, quaint stores, and beautiful beaches. it also has lots and lots of wind. and that steady, strong breeze is stirring up a heated controversy. a project called "cape wind" would put 130 giant turbines in the body of water called nantucket sound between the cape and the islands. these images are created by the developer to show what the nation's first offshore wind farm would look like during the day. even miles out to sea, the turbines would still be visible from the shore because they'd reach 440 feet above the water's surface. that's much taller than the statue of liberty. >> you're going to see a power plant. you're basically going to see a huge stretch of 40-story buildings during the day, and at night, you're going to have flashing lights going on for one second, off for two. you're essentially constructing a huge city skyline in the center of nantucket sound. >> reporter: audra parker is the passionate spokesperson of the alliance to protect nantucket sound. that's the group that has been fighting cape wind, along with local native american tribes and many others, for more than a decade. why are you against the wind farm? >> because it absolutely doesn't make sense for nantucket sound. this was a site that was picked to maximize profit with no regard for the tribes, no regard for the public, no regard for the fishermen here. >> reporter: for the developer's side of the story, we talked to mark rodgers. he says wind power is an idea whose time has come again. >> the cape and islands have a long history of using windmills back in the day. there were once 1,000 windmills here. and by using today's modern wind turbines to make electricity, we can have cleaner air, we can create good jobs for the young people here that pay well and also mitigate climate change. >> reporter: after the gulf oil spill disaster, the need for cleaner energy sources became even more urgent. that's something we all can agree on. >> we really need more clean energy and i think wind farms seem like a perfect way to do it. >> reporter: but, it's easy to see why so many people want to protect the natural beauty of this horizon. >> everyone supports renewable energy. that's a no-brainer. but only in places where it makes sense, only in places that don't have the conflicts that this one poses. >> reporter: one conflict is whether the wind farm will interfere with navigation for boats and air traffic. it would really be a danger to public safety, and both ferry lines and all three airports on martha's vineyard, in nantucket and on cape cod, on the mainland, oppose the project because of risks to safety for their passengers and the pilots. >> reporter: do you think the new form of energy is going to be a danger to navigation? >> we've already been approved by the two agencies in this country in charge of making sure that there's safe navigation. >> reporter: mark also points to support from national environmental organizations, such as the sierra club and audubon society. but audra says they're not concerned about the impact right here. >> they're not the ones that are going to bear the cost of this project. they're not the ones that are going to have to endure the public safety risk. they're not the ones who are going to experience a decline in tourism from an area that is heavily depend on that. they have a national agenda and no local stake. >> reporter: another issue is the cost of wind power. offshore turbines have huge underwater power plants. the blades turn a copper coil inside a big magnet, which creates a charge that is carried under the sea bed to connect to the electric system on shore. that's expensive to build and maintain. and, even cape wind supporters say that electric bills will go up. so, what would you tell somebody who's concerned about the electricity being produced being too expensive? >> well, what's too expensive is fossil fuels, where we've seen prices go up so dramatically so quickly. and we don't know what the future's going to hold. at least with cape wind's prices, we know it's predictable. >> reporter: offshore wind farms are already producing power around the world from denmark to china. but audra parker says the fact that they work somewhere else is beside the point. >> the key thing is there are better locations than nantucket sound for this particular project. and there's no reason to destroy what's been deemed a historically significant body of water for the sake of a private developer. >> reporter: but mark says this is the right project in the right place. >> nantucket sound is the perfect location. we have the sea breeze, which means just a few miles offshore, we have strong winds that are consistent and blow at the times that the electric system needs it the most. >> reporter: would it work as well on land? >> many times what we see is land-based wind projects aren't producing when the electric system needs it the most, on those hot summer afternoons. and they produce more at night when there's less need for the power. >> reporter: after a decade of fierce debate, in april 2010, the federal government approved the project, but opponents vow to continue their fight in court. wind power has long been a fact of life on land, from old-fashioned windmills from years gone by to vast fields filled with thousands of modern turbines, churning out power, as you see here in california. but whether windmills will be put here in nantucket sound is a question that's still up in the air. i'm tyler for "teen kids news." stay with us. there's lo and now, our fox in the classroom update. a massive deadly tornado ripped through southwest missouri, nearly destroying the entire city of joplin. authorities warning that the death toll will climb, as as much and rescue efforts continue. the twister cuttinging a path nearly six miles long and more than a half a mile wide through the city center. as the cleanup process begins, thousands surveyed the damage and count their blessings. >> just makes you think just how quick something can happen you know? one minute, it was just barely sprinkling and the next minute, boy, just whole world just upside down. president obama visiting dublin, ireland, as part of a six-day european tour. the president not only lending support for the country's economic recovery, but also celebrating his irish roots. this trip, his eighth to europe, will include england, france and poland. the president is hoping to reinforce the strong relationship between the u.s. and europe, particularly in regards to foreign policy issues, including the unrest in the middle east and north africa. the irish leg of the president's trip cut short as a volcanic ash plume wreaks havoc on european air travel. iceland's most active volcano erupting, sending a huge cloud of ash several miles into the air. grimes vatten's eruption comes a year after another icelandic volcano erupted, sending a cloud of ash over europe that affected hundreds of international flights. for "teen kids news," i'm laura ingalls, fox news channel in the classroom. this report is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. over the past months, we've been telling you about the "drive to life" contest. teens across the country were invited to send in their ideas for a public service announcement on distracted driving. top prize is a scholarship, a trip to new york city, and the chance to work with a professional production company. i went with the crew to meet this year's winner, 15-year-old lauren daniels. >> reporter: alan is the director. the actors are two of lauren's friends, karley and emily. how did you hear about the contest? >> we actually saw it on your show, "teen kids news," and we looked it up, and i decided to do it. >> reporter: the director first walked lauren through some simple production basics, starting with the shooting script. >> in tv, you divide your pages in half. one side is your visuals for the director and one side is your audio. >> okay. >> reporter: together, they then walked through the first shot. this is called blocking. >> okay, so explain what you want. >> they would be walking, and the camera would start behind them, and while they were walking, the camera would almost spin around the side and come up behind the pole for a few seconds. and then she would hit the pole and then, like, she would fall down. >> okay. can you hit the pole and fall down? >> yeah. >> reporter: next came rehearsal. >> did you hear about brendon and ashley? >> no. >> reporter: rick is the director of photography. >> may i make the suggestion that i don't start behind them, that since it's only a 10-second shot and i need to backpedal to that we start like this and that way i'll be able to get in front of the pole quicker. >> i can understand what you're saying, because getting behind there is hard. >> yeah. >> reporter: so how did you come up with the concept? >> there's a video out. it went viral, actually, of a lady walking into a fountain. so i said, what if there was a vehicle involved? and what if she was doing -- what if she were driving while being distracted? and so, that's how i kind of came up with it. >> reporter: with blocking and rehearsing finished, it's time to start the actual shooting. >> so, i'll yell "action." you hit the stopwatch. i'll tell you to cut, stop the stopwatch. ok roll. give us speed please. and action! >> reporter: why did you decide to use humor? >> well, it had to appeal to the younger crowd, people my age, and a little bit older, a little bit younger, who could be driving in a few years. so i wanted to use something that, oh, that's really funny, so maybe it would get their attention and keep them watching. >> we're going to do another one, ladies! still a little bit too long. just a little bit faster, okay? perfect. excellent. truly excellent! >> reporter: so at the end of shooting, do you know what the most important announcement is? >> cut? >> reporter: it's a wrap. >> all right. that's a wrap. >> reporter: now that the on-location taping is finished, the next step is going to new york city for what's called post production. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> reporter: the director directed lauren and her dad to the edit facility. ♪ >> reporter: david is the editor. his job is to pull together all the elements into a polished 30-second spot. >> we're going to go to scene one. so what did you think of that take? >> i thought it was good. >> all right, that's it. that's our first shot. so we're going to play you some different crash sounds. see which one you like the best, okay? here we go. that's pretty good. that's better. yeah, better. >> do you like that "sarah sarah"? >> i like that a lot. can the second one echoed sort of so it's spooky? >> ask him if he can reverberate it. >> that's so creepy. >> reporter: during a break, david gave lauren a quick overview of the equipment in his room. >> three major formats we use -- >> reporter: he even gave lauren some real hands-on editing experience. >> what i want you to do is select from here all the way over to there. >> this? >> there you go. perfect. >> reporter: when the break was over, it was back to work. david added the graphics, and smoothed out the audio. >> let's watch it one more time through, make sure we like everything, all right? >> okay. here we go. all right. so what did you think? >> i like it a lot. >> yeah? any tweaks? >> i don't think so. >> all right. excellent. here's what i'm going to do. i'm goin there are so many myths about acne, it may as well have started in ancient greece. sammi gives us the facts about skin problems. >> reporter: acne can make looking in the mirror painful. >> it's unattractive. >> it's really bad, like, for your self esteem. >> it makes a lot of people feel self-conscious about themselves. >> acne is the most common skin disorder, and it tends to affect 85% of all teenagers. >> reporter: dr. heather needham knows about all sorts of issues that affect teens. we asked her to clear up some myths about what really causes acne. >> eating junk food causes pimples and acne. >> i really think if we ate healthier, i think acne would not appear on our skin. >> i think the biggest myth is that acne is related to the food you eat, whether it be greasy food, chips, soda or candy. >> reporter: so, why does it seem that whenever you eat greasy food, here come the pimples? >> if you're eating greasy food and then you're touching -- putting your hands on your face, touching your skin a lot, you're transferring the oils and dirt from your hands to your skin. so, that is a way that you can have increased acne. >> reporter: the real reason we get acne? unfortunately, it's just a part of growing up. >> acne tends to affect teenagers because as they enter puberty, there are changes in their hormone levels. and that tends to cause the oil glands to produce more oil. >> reporter: some of us have more problems simply because of our skin type. >> some of it is genetic. so, you can ask your mom and dad when they were younger, did they have problems with acne? some of it is based on products you might put on your face or on your hair, so there are ways to help reduce it. but i don't know if there's necessarily a way to prevent it. >> reporter: so, what can you do to reduce acne? >> reporter: hopefully we've cleared up some myths about what causes acne. turns out a lot of us are confused about how to help get rid of it, too. i think tanning helps. it, like, hides it. >> for one, the sun is damaging to the skin, and after the tan wears off, per se, it's likely that you will have the scarring. >> reporter: scarring is a major issue for anyone with skin problems. but unlike acne, you can avoid it. >> the best way to prevent the scarring is to not pick at the skin. and i think that that might be another myth in that some people think that they can just pick their acne off, and that it'll go away and actually, that's going to make it worse and increase your chances for scarring. >> reporter: so, what's the best way to get rid of acne? >> you can just exercise more and drink a lot of water. it will hydrate your body and flush the toxins out. >> reporter: yep, another myth. drinking water and exercising is good for you, but it won't clear up your skin. >> well, first of all, it's good to have a good skin hygiene regimen. >> reporter: i would wash my face like three or four times a day, because i believe that like the more you wash your face, the cleaner your pores get, and the cleaner everything gets. >> that is not true. that would actually be more of a myth. it's best to wash your face twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. if you, for example, wash your face six times a day, you're basically continuing to remove the oils from your skin. so, your skin is going to compensate by producing more oil, because you're drying your skin out every time you keep washing it, washing it, washing it. >> reporter: when you do wash, be gentle. use your hands, not a washcloth. and remember, don't use regular soap. >> if you're a younger adolescent, like between 9 and 12, cetaphil is a good mild cleanser. as you get a little older and you start to produce more oils, it's good to use a foaming face wash that's oil free. for example, neutrogena and aveeno both have one. the foaming cleansers are good because they help to cut the oils in the skin without overdrying it. >> reporter: again, overdrying can cause your skin to just create more oil. that's why it's also a good idea to use a moisturizer after you wash. but make sure the label says it's non-comedogenic. >> a lot of the moisturizers that you get just over the counter in the store will say this, and basically that just means it will not clog your pores. >> reporter: here are two more products to help fight acne. exfoliating scrubs get rid of dead skin cells that help clog pores. and benzoyl peroxide helps kill bacteria that contribute to acne. but remember, you won't see changes overnight. >> when you're treating acne, you have to keep up with a good face regimen for at least six to eight weeks. a lot of people stop using the products after two weeks because their face feels irritated and dry. however, that's just when things are starting to work, and oftentimes, the acne will get worse before it starts to get better. >> reporter: if you don't see changes in six to eight weeks, talk to your doctor. you might want to see a dermatologist. that's a doctor who specializes in skin care. >> keep in mind that a majority of adolescents experience acne, so you're not alone. and i know a lot of people feel embarrassed or they might feel anxious or they feel ashamed because their skin doesn't look like they want it to. but just keep in mind that over time, it will get better. >> reporter: but don't just wait and suffer. there are things you can do to deal with it, and get rid of it. for "teen kids news," i'm sammi. when you think about musical groups racking up awards, you need to think past the world of rock and country. sam reports on four musicians who take their name from a great american philosopher, and made that name famous in the world of classical music. >> i think chamber music is an amazing form of music, because it's about communication. and when it comes to communicating through music, no one does it better than the emerson quartet. >> reporter: in the case of a string quartet, it's about four people sharing a similar experience, though everybody is involved in a different way. it's like a play. it's like looking at four actors and listening to their communication, and when it all works together, it's an incredible thing. >> reporter: for the record, a string quartet includes two violins, a cello and a viola. that last instrument is larry dutton's passion. >> i love the sound. i love the quality of the sound, the vocal quality of the instrument. >> reporter: when he was in the third grade, larry actually began playing the violin. but in high school, he found it easier to hold the bigger viola. a talent for the instrument led larry here, to julliard. it's one of the top schools in the world for the performing arts. >> when i got to julliard, i found the people that really embraced and loved chamber music. and we would hang out friday, saturday nights, and we would play string quartets and all kinds of chamber music all through the night. we'd order pizza at about 1:00 in the morning, and then we'd keep playing until, you know, 6, 7:00 in the morning, and then go out and have breakfast. >> reporter: clearly, this was years before playstation. the emerson quartet was formed out of those relationships. its members have now been playing together for more than 30 years. >> i think somehow, what we communicate to the audiences have been interesting to them, that they've wanted to see us perform. >> reporter: they certainly do. the emerson quartet travels the world, playing sold-out performances. in addition, they've been honored with an incredible eight grammys. eat your hea timberlake. >> if people want to really have a great experience with classical music, they should go to a concert, to a live experience, because it will force you to actually sit there and focus. and that's why you can't replace live music performances. >> reporter: even with successful albums, world tours and prestigious awards, the life of a professional musician is not an easy one. but larry has no regrets. >> i feel very fortunate and blessed to have had this career. this has been amazing. it far exceeded any dreams i had as a kid. i was kind of built to do this, so i -- i knew it early and it -- and i never swayed from that. >> reporter: for "teen kids news," i'm sam. that wraps up our show, but we'll be back with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us and have a great week! -- captions by vitac -- 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