3 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The South Is Having Second Thoughts About Trading Pine Trees for Solar Panels
PERRY, Ga.—Hunters, botanists, residents worried about water quality and people citing Scripture lined up to oppose the installation of 2,100 acres of solar panels next to a wildlife preserve.
But it was the plight of the local black bears that doomed the proposal from Silicon Ranch, one of the South's largest solar operators.
