Western Massachusetts faces potential risk to natural resources from large-scale solar and battery storage facilities due to statewide clean energy policy.
In western Massachusetts, statewide clean energy policy threatens natural resources with large-scale solar and battery storage facilities. This could be the region's biggest threat since the Quabbin Reservoir changed towns in the 1930s. Driven by eastern MA's energy demands, developers are acquiring land, proposing facilities that small towns cannot support from a natural resource or public safety perspective.
May 19, 2024
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