Petition Calls to Stop Epping Forest's Agriculture and Greenbelt Land Turning Into Solar Farms - Your Harlow

Mammoth Solar pushes back against opposition with 'agrivoltaics'

Opposition against solar farms can be loud in the usually quiet, rural outskirts of Indiana.

Petition calls to stop Epping Forest's agriculture and greenbelt land turning into solar farms - Your Harlow

CONSERVATIVE District Councillor Holly Whitbread, District Councillor for Epping West and Rural covering Epping Upland and County Councillor for Epping and Theydon Bois covering Thornwood Common, has launched a petition opposing the proposed Upland Solar Farm, which would cover approximately 96 hectares (237 acres) of prime agricultural and Green Belt land between Thornwood Common and Epping Upland. The petition calls on Epping Forest District C…

Area legislators call for revisiting Clean Economy Act as rural Virginia rejects large solar farms

Five years after the General Assembly enacted the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which mandates Dominion Energy transition to 100% carbon-free power sources by 2045, two Republican legislators who represent Isle of Wight and Surry counties say the goal is easier said than done. It’s a position two of the state’s top Democrats, who voted to enact the 2020 law when their party held both legislative chambers and the governor’s office, say they’ve come…