It’s debatable
Mar 01, 2022
3 minutes
SOLAR PROJECTS IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK? ABSOLUTELY
hould the Adirondack Park be used for large solar projects? Yes! Clean, renewable energy belongs anywhere energy is consumed. That doesn’t mean renewable energy projects should be recklessly sited, and they certainly don’t belong—and can’t be sited—in the Forest Preserve. But 56% (3.6 million acres) of the Adirondack Park is privately owned, and development on most of that land is also subject to review by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack Park itself is helps create new jobs and keeps our energy dollars from going to other states and countries.
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