Slowing down solar

Newsday | Jun. 28, 2008 (Opinion)

Solar energy developers and some environmentalists suggest the move smacks of heel dragging. They question the eagerness to slow down solar development while demand is accelerating. After all, the conventional energy industries seem to be taking a distinctly more cavalier approach to their development, as they press Congress for unprecedented access to natural resources on the outer continental shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Though solar ... Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

I've heard this argument before. But this piece presents the irony well. It's okay to drill for oil in sensitive wildlife habitats. But putting up solar arrays that--as far as I know--have never damaged the environment at all, has to be studied. One energy source they know how to make money off of, the other somebody else will profit from. So they're pushing the first. Couldn't be more obvious, as this story points out very effectively.

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