“A wide variety of about 200 trees are being removed on the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course property this week to get 26 acres of the town-owned site prepared for installation of a 6.44-megawatt solar array and 3,500-kilowatt battery system. Assistant Town Manager David Ziomek said on Jan. 25 that the felling of trees, … [Read more…]
“A swath of land is being cleared along a section of Cotuit Road in South Sandwich to make way for a 4.4 megawatt solar field, which was approved by voters at the 2021 Town Meeting. The ground-mounted solar array is being built on an 18.8 acre parcel of land at 180 Cotuit Road that … [Read more…]
“Don’t cut trees to install solar panels It is crazy to cut forests to place solar panels! This letter is inspired by Chad Arnold’s article (“Town weighs moratorium on solar farms”) in the Nov. 13 Daily Gazette and is a prelude to my letter to Governor Hochul. Trees capture carbon dioxide, cool and moisturize … [Read more…]
“Regulations governing utility-scale solar projects in the town of Glen will be tightened to protect the rural character of the agricultural town under a proposed local law presented by the Town Board on Monday. The draft law would close certain “loopholes” in existing regulations, boost protections for neighboring property owners and direct project development … [Read more…]
“JESSICA ROBERTSON and Daniel Berwick would be well-advised to take the advice they offer in their recent opinion piece that we should “shift the conversation from where solar shouldn’t go to where it should.” Borrego Solar, the company that employs them, must withdraw its current plans for another 200 acres of ground-mounted solar in … [Read more…]
“A proposal is before the Planning Board to convert an almost 100-year old golf course in Hatchville into a solar farm. In a letter read into the record at the Planning Board’s Feb. 23 meeting, David Friel, owner of Cape Cod Country Club on Theatre Drive, cited less business over the last decade has … [Read more…]
“A group nearby residents and business owner are suing the town, as well as Pyramid Corp., over the March 26 clear-cutting of land slated to host a Costco store and gas station next to the Crossgates Mall along Western Avenue. Thomas and Lisa Hart, Kevin and Sarah McDonald and Red Kap Sales, which operates … [Read more…]
“In a development that opponents of the project say was carried out with astonishing speed, work crews hired by Crossgates Mall owner Pyramid Management on Thursday removed most of the trees on the site of a planned Costco store and gas station. The work came to an abrupt halt Thursday afternoon when Guilderland Supervisor … [Read more…]
“In a development that opponents of the project say was carried out with astonishing speed, work crews hired by Crossgates Mall owner Pyramid Management on Thursday removed most of the trees on the site of a planned Costco store and gas station. The work came to an abrupt halt Thursday afternoon when Guilderland Supervisor … [Read more…]
Project site is home to endangered long eared bats therefore tree clearing is allowed between October 31st thru March 31st. SEQR regulations 617.3(a) “Project sponsor may not commence any physical alteration to an action until SEQR has been complied with” There is community concern that clearing cutting occurred while SEQR was in effect. planet.com … [Read more…]