jeffw@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 2 months agoMississippi regulators to solar boosters: Sit down and be quietfloodlightnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up133
arrow-up133external-linkMississippi regulators to solar boosters: Sit down and be quietfloodlightnews.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareTwiddleTwaddlelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt doesn’t seem to be what’s happening here, but I’ve seen wooded areas clear cut for large scale solar farms before. That’s completely missing the point of green energy IMO and I can see why some would oppose it.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoHere in Massachusetts they’ve installed panels in all sorts of otherwise unusable space, including: capped garbage dumps & transfer stations Along the sides of highways inside highway clover leafs
It doesn’t seem to be what’s happening here, but I’ve seen wooded areas clear cut for large scale solar farms before. That’s completely missing the point of green energy IMO and I can see why some would oppose it.
Here in Massachusetts they’ve installed panels in all sorts of otherwise unusable space, including: