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The new look of NIMBYism
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2012/01/green-nimbyism[font face=Times, Serif][font size=5]The new look of NIMBYism [/font]
Jan. 4, 2012
[font size=4]Traditional "not-in-my-backyard" activism shifted in 2011. Renewable energy projects are increasingly drawing the ire of local opposition. And it's not just Big Solar.[/font]
By Rae Tyson
for The Daily Climate
[font size=3]So-called "NIMBY" activism, once reserved for projects like landfills, prisons and big box stores, has started to impact proposed renewable energy projects throughout the nation. Last year, not-in-my-backyard opposition delayed or cancelled a wide range of proposals involving wind and solar power and biofuels production nationwide.
"Siting for renewables certainly has gotten very challenging," said Nathanael Greene, director of renewable energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In California, public opposition has successfully blocked or stalled major wind and solar energy projects, many of them in wilderness areas. But it is not just big projects that are attracting opposition. A homeowners' association in Palos Verdes, Calif. < http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19573919 >, in December rejected the installation of household rooftop solar panels in the community.
In Amesbury, Mass. < http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x2117287236/Homeowners-solar-panel-plan-fuels-opposition >, residents are trying to block a developer's plan to erect enough solar panels to power 16 homes.
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Jan. 4, 2012
[font size=4]Traditional "not-in-my-backyard" activism shifted in 2011. Renewable energy projects are increasingly drawing the ire of local opposition. And it's not just Big Solar.[/font]
By Rae Tyson
for The Daily Climate
[font size=3]So-called "NIMBY" activism, once reserved for projects like landfills, prisons and big box stores, has started to impact proposed renewable energy projects throughout the nation. Last year, not-in-my-backyard opposition delayed or cancelled a wide range of proposals involving wind and solar power and biofuels production nationwide.
"Siting for renewables certainly has gotten very challenging," said Nathanael Greene, director of renewable energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In California, public opposition has successfully blocked or stalled major wind and solar energy projects, many of them in wilderness areas. But it is not just big projects that are attracting opposition. A homeowners' association in Palos Verdes, Calif. < http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19573919 >, in December rejected the installation of household rooftop solar panels in the community.
In Amesbury, Mass. < http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x2117287236/Homeowners-solar-panel-plan-fuels-opposition >, residents are trying to block a developer's plan to erect enough solar panels to power 16 homes.
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