Editorial: Weekly Wrap – Good vote for solar energy; they put the knock on wood

Merit: For the Robeson County Zoning Board of Adjustment, which unanimously reversed county commissioners' denial of a permit for a solar farm in Rowland.

The commissioners' denial was based on Rowland residents' vague, unsubstantiated fears about the effects of solar farms on health and property values. On Monday, Strata Solar of Chapel Hill, which sought the permit, brought six expert witnesses to allay those unfounded fears about what is the most benign possible way of generating electricity.

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