[CPEO-BIF] "Sacramento [CA] scales back solar project" on old landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sacramento scales back solar project at Sutter's Landing Park

by Ryan Lillis
Sacramento Bee (CA)
June 4, 2012

When Sacramento officials proposed putting solar panels on an old  
city landfill two years ago, they did so with the intention of  
providing clean energy to thousands of homes.

However, in a twist that surprised many at City Hall, the people who  
might be expected to celebrate such a green venture ended up being  
the plan's loudest critics.

Environmentalists and wildlife advocates argued that the field in  
Sutter's Landing Park - sitting atop a mound of buried trash that  
boasts majestic views of the downtown skyline


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/04/4535725/sacramento-scales-back-solar- 
project.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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