210 acres of trees or a Solar Farm ?
Environmentalists are fighting in the United States of America are fighting a solar farm project that would help Georgetown University dramatically reduce its Greenhouse Gas emissions.
These environmentalists argue that the project, which involves razing about 210 acres of trees in rural Charles County, could endanger the area’s birds and lead to runoff that would put tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay at risk.
Officials at Origis Energy, the solar company hired by Georgetown insist that they are prioritizing the safety of the Bay adding that “trade-offs are necessary” in renewable energy projects. Reductions in greenhouse emissions from the solar panels, they maintain, would be equivalent to planting hundreds of thousands of trees.
“Green projects do not destroy green resources. If you destroy what is saving our climate in the name of fighting climate change, the effort is hollow.” said Linda Redding, an accountant from La Plata who is part of a determined group of environmentalists from Charles and Prince George’s counties opposing the project.
The activists accuse Georgetown and Origis Energy of “green-washing” and they hope to convince the Maryland Department of the Environment to deny them a permit.
A public hearing is scheduled for Feb. 27.
In a statement,Georgetown spokesman Matt Hill said the university “is deeply committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2020 through a multi pronged approach to sustainability.”
As part of that effort, the university announced an agreement with Miami-based Origis in 2017 to develop the solar farm, which will provide almost half of the university’s electricity.
With additional reports from The Washington Post
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These environmentalists argue that the project, which involves razing about 210 acres of trees in rural Charles County, could endanger the area’s birds and lead to runoff that would put tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay at risk.
Officials at Origis Energy, the solar company hired by Georgetown insist that they are prioritizing the safety of the Bay adding that “trade-offs are necessary” in renewable energy projects. Reductions in greenhouse emissions from the solar panels, they maintain, would be equivalent to planting hundreds of thousands of trees.
“Green projects do not destroy green resources. If you destroy what is saving our climate in the name of fighting climate change, the effort is hollow.” said Linda Redding, an accountant from La Plata who is part of a determined group of environmentalists from Charles and Prince George’s counties opposing the project.
The activists accuse Georgetown and Origis Energy of “green-washing” and they hope to convince the Maryland Department of the Environment to deny them a permit.
A public hearing is scheduled for Feb. 27.
In a statement,Georgetown spokesman Matt Hill said the university “is deeply committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2020 through a multi pronged approach to sustainability.”
As part of that effort, the university announced an agreement with Miami-based Origis in 2017 to develop the solar farm, which will provide almost half of the university’s electricity.
With additional reports from The Washington Post
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