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Hickory Ridge trees coming down for Amherst solar project

February 1, 2023 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Amp Solar Group Tagged: Amherst, Amp Solar Development Inc, clear cutting, David Ziomek, Hickory Ridge Golf Course, Massachusetts, trees

Land Clearing Underway For Cotuit Road Solar Project

January 6, 2023 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Amp Solar Group Tagged: 180 Cotuit Road, AMP Solar Development, clear cutting, Cotuit Road, George H. Dunham, South Sandwich, trees

Letter to the Editor: Don’t cut trees to install solar panels by Greer Pomeroy

November 23, 2022 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Duanesburg News Tagged: clear cutting, Greer Pomeroy, letter to the editor, solar, trees

Glen readies laws protecting against ‘mega’ solar

June 14, 2022 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Duanesburg News Tagged: ban, battery energy storage system, clear cutting, Glen Families Allied for Responsible Management of Land, GlenFARMLand, Mill Point Solar, Section 94-c, slope, solar facility, solar law, Timothy Reilly, Town of Glen

Solar gone wrong

June 6, 2021 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Solar Tagged: AD Makepeace, Borrego Solar, clear cutting, Daniel Berwick, JESSICA ROBERTSON, Jim Kane, Mass Audubon, Pine Barrens

Could Cape Cod Country Club become a solar farm? That’s what the owner is asking.

March 8, 2021 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Amp Solar Group Tagged: 300 Committee Land Trust, Amp Energy, Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative, Cape Cod Country Club, clear cutting, Coonamessett, Evan Turner, golf course, Kevin Van Cleef, Massachusetts, National Golf Foundation, pollinator, Sandwich, Twin Brooks Golf Course

Guilderland residents sue over clear-cutting at Costco site

April 20, 2020 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Duanesburg News Tagged: Article 78, clear cutting, Costco, court, Crossgates, FEAF, Guilderland, James Bacon, lawsuit, Northern long-eared bats, Peter Barber, Pyramid Corp, SEQRA

Costco site in Guilderland is suddenly devoid of trees

March 28, 2020 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Guilderland Tagged: clear cutting, Costco, Crossgates Mall, DEC, injunction, James Bacon, Lynne Jackson, Northern long-eared bats, Peter Barber, Pine Bush Preserve, police, Pyramid Management, Releaseco LLC, Save the Pine Bush, SEQRA, State Environmental Quality Review, Steve Wickham, trees

Costco site in Guilderland is suddenly devoid of trees

March 27, 2020 by l

  “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…]

Posted in: Duanesburg News Tagged: clear cutting, Costco, Crossgates, Guilderland, Save the Pine Bush, Steve Wickham

13590 Duanesburg Road Delanson, NY Satellite Images October 2018 and April 2019

September 16, 2019 by l

  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…]

Posted in: Oak Hill Solar Tagged: 13590 Duanesburg Road, clear cutting, FEAF, logging, Oak Hill Solar, satellite, SEQR, trees
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