Democratic States Chasing ‘Green’ Energy Goals Running Roughshod Over Local Objections to Unsightly Power Projects

Local rules restricting green energy facilities are ‘not really based on science,’ says one advocate of the projects.

AP/Julio Cortez
Farmland with solar panels in 2021 at Thurmont, Maryland. AP/Julio Cortez

Clean energy developers had planned a 75-turbine wind farm in mid-Michigan’s Montcalm County before local voters shot down the idea in 2022 and recalled seven local officials who had supported it.

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