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Community Classifies Solar Projects With Junkyards to Block Them
Original: To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores
One community has moved to restrict solar energy developments by grouping them in zoning rules with junkyards and adult bookstores, effectively treating solar farms as undesirable land uses. The move, reported by Inside Climate News, highlights a growing tactic in local disputes over renewable energy siting, where opponents use zoning ordinances and nuisance classifications to stall or block large-scale solar projects.
Why now: It illustrates an unusual zoning tactic in the ongoing conflict over solar farm development.
Evidence
- To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores · Inside Climate News
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