“Industrial landscaping can get heavy-duty at times. At a million-dollar solar array in Thomaston, town officials decided to go low-tech with their mowing. Thomaston Pollution Control Superintendent John Fancy rented 12 goats from an area farm to clear overgrown grass and weeds around the town’s solar panels that went online this spring. He said … [Read more…]
“Nothing matches the passion of a patriotic Aussie battler from the bush, and Lynette LaBlack is the perfect exemple. Speaking at a public hearing of the Independent Planning Commission regarding the development approval of a solar farm project in the fertile Riverina region of New South Wales, LaBlack destroyed the myth that solar energy … [Read more…]
September 1, 2021 Zoning Board of Adjustments “Gloversville ZBA delays ruling on Pine Brook solar farm” The Leader Herald newspaper article June 5, 2021 Zoning Board of Adjustments “Proposed solar project in Gloversville seeks zoning variance” Schenectady Gazette March 12, 2021 Zoning Board of Adjustment “Solar developers seek way around Gloversville council rejection … [Read more…]
“Lynette LaBlack: If the city-centric Department and government really want all these solar panels, why aren’t they covering all their own buildings and all of the contaminated land in the 10 city areas? I’m actually told that there’s a lot of vacant contaminated land even in Albury where solar panels are allowed to go. … [Read more…]
“Neighbors used to wave to Timothy Masters whenever he stood outside his cherry-red barn, trading hellos across his corn and soybean fields in this small town about 10 miles north of Niagara Falls. That ended about a year ago, when a field of solar panels was deposited on 18 acres of Mr. Masters’s land. … [Read more…]
Eden Renewables to Duanesburg Planning Board 2019
“Seven sheep died as a result of the barn fire that broke out early Tuesday morning, said Jessica Gathen Quaker Street Fire Company president. Multiple fire crews were dispatched to a barn fire at West Shore Road. Upon arrival crews found a fully involved barn fire with the building already partially collapsed, Gathen added. … [Read more…]
“Representatives of Eden Renewables, a solar energy company, met with Glen Supervisor John Thomas, Town Board member Russell Kelly Jr., and Timothy Reilly, the chairman of the Glen planning board, for an informal discussion about the proposed project on Monday morning. Eden Renewables is looking to build two community solar energy facilities, with each … [Read more…]