Point of View # 125

NIMBYism Against Renewables Is A Recipe For Disaster

1. Trenton, Maine votes against blocking commercial solar

2. The campaign to block commercial solar

3. Trenton, Maine statistics

4. Satellite view of Trenton, Maine

5. Trenton's past & present

6. A proposal for a 300 acre solar installation sparks a backlash

7. Citizens for Responsible Solar, a fossil fuel front group

8. CRS undermines support for renewables

9. CRS asserts that rural communities are under attack

10. New oil and gas wells destroy thousands of acres of farmland every year

11. Eight million acres of solar

12. An acre of solar panels saves many metric tons of CO2

13. Fossil fuels are responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions