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  2. A massive proposed Wisconsin solar farm could wreak havoc on ...

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    A huge proposed Wisconsin solar farm would encroach on the breeding grounds of prairie chickens, an already threatened species, conservationists say.

  3. Individual solar farms do not threaten national food security ...

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    National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw said far more land was being taken out of food production for environmental schemes than for solar. Individual solar farms do not threaten national ...

  4. Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the ...

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    In 2019, San Bernardino County Supervisors voted to ban the construction of large solar and wind farms on more than 1 million acres of private land. A giant dump truck greets visitors in Boron.

  5. Environmental impact of electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    The life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions of solar farms are less than 50 gram (g) per kilowatt-hour (kWh), [99] [100] [101] but with battery storage could be up to 150 g/kWh. [102] In contrast, a combined cycle gas-fired power plant without carbon capture and storage emits around 500 g/kWh, and a coal-fired power plant about 1000 g/kWh. [ 103 ]

  6. Solar landfill - Wikipedia

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    A solar landfill, also referred to as a brightfield, [1] is a former landfill site that has been transformed into a solar array or solar farm. Landfills that are no longer in use are often called brownfields due to potential environmental concerns. By repurposing these brownfields into solar fields, they then become brightfields. [2]

  7. Just because they're called solar farms doesn't mean they ...

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    While solar farms are a good way to collect a more environmentally clean kind of energy, they are being put in the wrong places. Solar farms should be put on abandoned property and not farmland.