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Anthony Iarrapino: Vermont needs to overcome its NIMBY notions
Vermonters have for a long time had the luxury of imposing much of our energy production pollution burdens on those who live in faraway places. Our complicity in this environmental injustice is yet another reason to embrace clean, local renewable alternatives.
The landmark environmental law inside a NIMBY firestorm
Since the 1970s, critics have argued that the California Environmental Quality Act is doing more harm than good. What would reforming the law look like?
www.nytimes.com
Offshore wind farms show what Biden's climate plan is up against
The U.S. has fallen way behind Europe partly because of an old shipping law and opposition from homeowners and fishing groups.
e360.yale.edu
In Europe, a backlash is growing over incinerating garbage
For years, European countries have built “waste-to-energy” incinerators, saying new technology minimized pollution and boosted energy production. But with increasing concern about the plants’ CO2 emissions, the EU is now withdrawing support for these trash-burning facilities.
www.politico.com
Northeast governors need Biden to deliver on offshore wind
States built their climate plans on hopes the new industry will thrive. But they’ll need Washington to make it happen.
undark.org
For New York's first offshore wind farm, an unexpected hurdle
The battle to stop construction off the coast of a Hamptons hamlet has nothing to do with unsightly wind turbines.
‘They aren't used to losing’: Wealthy New York enclave battles over offshore windfarm
Wainscott, a hamlet in the Hamptons, offers a new obstacle in Biden's renewable energy plans as 'Nimbys' fight back with petitions, lobbyists and lawsuits.
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