Cornell: Lack of Local Benefits Fuels Upstate Opposition to Solar Farms
May 04, 2023
May 04, 2023
ITHACA, New York, May 4 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news:
While upstate New Yorkers are evenly split on utility-scale solar farms, naysayers object partly due to a perception that rural residents unfairly bear the burden of meeting downstate urban energy demands without compensation, a survey has found.
At the same time, the fall 2020 survey of upstate New York residents found that the effects of socioeconomics, age, education, political ideology . . .
While upstate New Yorkers are evenly split on utility-scale solar farms, naysayers object partly due to a perception that rural residents unfairly bear the burden of meeting downstate urban energy demands without compensation, a survey has found.
At the same time, the fall 2020 survey of upstate New York residents found that the effects of socioeconomics, age, education, political ideology . . .