Trouble in Missouri: The fight for solar rights - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism: "...However, all is not good in this community as far as solar energy is concerned. Householders who want to install solar panels on their rooftops have been prevented from doing so. The problem seems to originate from members of the community who hold traditional values and who don’t want anything ‘deviating from the norm’ and this idea is perpetuated by popular TV shows that reinforce the idea of solar panels devaluing property prices. On top of that, when Frances Babb and her husband tried to install panels on the front of her property, the local authority, City of Clarkson Valley, tried to implement a bill banning the installation of solar panels on properties.
It is worth bearing in mind that this episode is representative of challenges experienced by similar communities right across the US, and with this in mind REM spoke with Frances to find out what happened next and how this could transform the procedures for getting similar applications passed a great deal more easily in the future...."
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