States rush to support clean energy as Trump retreats from renewables

States rush to support clean energy as Trump retreats from renewables

PALMER, Mass. — On a recent hot autumn day, a dozen black cows took respite in the shade cast by a 10-foot-tall series of solar panels set above 13 acres of hayfields at Burgundy Brook Farm.  Farm owner Tom Roberts grazes cattle and grows timothy and other forage grasses beneath the solar array. Roberts receives rent from the developer and owner of the solar project, but doesn’t tap into the solar energy produced by the two-megawatt (MW) system,…