The testimonials are difficult to ignore.
“Honestly,” said Cynthia Roy, a resident of the quaint borough of Nesquehoning in Carbon County, “it doesn’t affect us at all.”
“I have no issues with it,” fellow resident Tom Hunadi added.
“It’s been a quiet neighbor up there that goes about its business,” Nesquehoning Council President David Hawk concluded.
If they were talking about a skateboard park, a new smoothie shop, a sports complex, they rather universally would be considered lucky. But, they weren’t talking about any of those things. They’re talking about one of the largest solar farm projects in Pennsylvania, the benefits of which too few people around here really want to consider for their own communities.
There’s no question, given the current environmental challenges the world faces due to greenhouse gas emissions, we’re in desperate need of a more diverse palette of renewable energy sources, and solar…
