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A Critical Eye Toward Solar on Farms But Not Deserts
February 15, 2013 3:30 PM
by Chris Clarke
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Those who want to keep solar plants off prime farmland get more respect than their counterparts in the desert. Why is that?
What Happens When A Developer Abandons A Desert Solar Project?
February 11, 2013 6:00 PM
by Chris Clarke
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It was once lauded as the "nation's largest solar project." That was before the developer went bankrupt. Now, the site stands seemingly abandoned, a drift of blowing dust and invasive grass where once there was thriving desert.
The Onion or Fox News: Who Had the Better Solar Satire Story?
February 8, 2013 10:20 AM
by Chris Clarke
Commentary:
Fox News and The Onion each offered up a story on solar electricity recently, and it's interesting to compare the two. One of the pieces was so laughably inaccurate it could only have been satire. And the other was by The Onion.
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Critics of opening up public lands to renewable energy development have been known to refer to the process as "privatization," pointing out that one public land is leased to energy companies, that land is essentially no longer public. ReWire and a handful of citizen activists got a poignant reminder of just how true that is on Thursday.
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