Environmentalists and farmers filled a state Department of Energy meeting to enter their concerns over a proposed 2.5-square-mile solar park into the public record.
While many rural Linn County residents battle a proposed massive solar farm, a similar — but much smaller — project planned for outside Harrisburg is nearing the finish line.
A view of Harrisburg property that is the site of a proposed solar farm. The solar array would sit on 12 of the property’s 248 acres.
Solar farm proposals have received push back from some in the community. The group that paid for this billboard has been battling a much larger project east of Harrisburg and southwest of Brownsville.
A view of a Harrisburg property that is the site of a planned solar farm. The public has through March 5 to comment about a proposed agreement with the state Department of Environmental Quality.
Penny Rosenberg is regional editor of three Lee Enterprises news publications in the Pacific Northwest. She earned a Master of Legal Studies from UCLA School of Law. She can be reached at Penny.Rosenberg@lee.net and 541-812-6111.
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A bigger project has gotten all the attention. Here’s what’s on tap for another site near Harrisburg.
Environmentalists and farmers filled a state Department of Energy meeting to enter their concerns over a proposed 2.5-square-mile solar park i…
A view of a Harrisburg property that is the site of a planned solar farm. The public has through March 5 to comment about a proposed agreement with the state Department of Environmental Quality.
A view of Harrisburg property that is the site of a proposed solar farm. The solar array would sit on 12 of the property’s 248 acres.
Solar farm proposals have received push back from some in the community. The group that paid for this billboard has been battling a much larger project east of Harrisburg and southwest of Brownsville.
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