ACCORDING to a new study by the Columbia University Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, local regulations restricting or prohibiting the development of solar or wind renewable energy projects are increasing at an alarming rate and 'represents a potentially significant impediment to achievement of climate goals.
This leads to a great deal of misunderstanding, sometimes of a ludicrous nature, which can be used to fuel dissent by those who oppose RE just for the sake of opposing it.For example, one significant issue in the Massachusetts offshore wind farm controversy is the claim that the installation will adversely affect the habitat of the North Atlantic right whale.
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