Grant County Citizens Against Irresponsible Solar Development

08/29/2022

Illinois-based Invenergy is putting up a 700-acre solar farm north of Grant County International Airport. According to our news partner iFIBER ONE,

08/29/2022

MOSES LAKE - Per county approval, Illinois-based Invenergy is breaking ground on its 700-acre solar farm just north of the Grant County International Airport.

08/29/2022

This appears to be irrigated farmland. How and why did Grant County approve this?

BEVERLY - This week, the Bureau of Reclamation revealed a proposal from a privately-owned company that is requesting to build transmission lines on Bureau of Reclamation land between the Vantage

08/29/2022

"A solar project proposed just east of the Benton-Yakima county line has generated considerably more public opposition than similar projects planned nearby in Yakima County."

A solar project proposed just east of the Benton-Yakima county line has generated considerably more public opposition than similar projects planned nearby in Yakima County.

08/29/2022

Transitioning away from fossil fuels means major changes to the way we use land in both rural and urban communities. We must seek win-win solutions that protect habitat and farmland, while being efficient at advancing renewable energy.

08/29/2022

The Solar Star project in California is among the largest solar energy facilities in the world, boasting 1.7 million panels spread over 3,000 acres north of Los Angeles. Its gargantuan scale points to an uncomfortable fact for the industry: a natural gas power plant 100 miles south produces the same...

08/29/2022

Four foreign-owned energy companies are racing to get their large-scale solar projects off the ground on farmland in the NSW Southern Riverina.

08/29/2022

The projects have councils walking a delicate line between welcoming a lucrative new industry and preserving valuable agricultural land

08/29/2022

CALMAR, Alta. — Carol Ann McKell was an environmentalist before it was cool. The former schoolteacher taught her students how to sew cloth shopping bags,

08/29/2022

Solar farms—just like regular farms—cover large swaths of land, requiring between 3.5 to 16.5 acres per MW of generating capacity. The largest solar plant in the world, the 648 MW Kamuthi [...]

08/29/2022

Such tension has played out over many decades between agricultural communities and coal companies. We can avoid history repeating itself if we urgently set the right policies and laws in place.