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Fla solar plans stoke fight over environmental racism - Governors Wind Energy Coalition

Fla solar plans stoke fight over environmental racism - Governors Wind Energy Coalition
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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Fla solar plans stoke fight over environmental racism

Published: Thursday, June 3, 2021 Florida Power & Light Sunshine Gateway Solar Energy Center. Photo credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock In this aerial view from a drone, the Florida Power & Light Sunshine Gateway Solar Energy Center is seen on March 15 in Lake City, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock A northern Florida town is at the center of a clash between renewable energy developers and residents of a historically Black community one that highlights an emerging rift between President Biden s environmental justice and clean energy goals. Many Archer residents are descendants of slaves and some of the nation s earliest Black landowners. And they want nothing to do with a 50-megawatt solar and 12-MW battery storage project proposed by Origis Energy and Gainesville Regional Utilities, or GRU. The project would span roughly 600 acres, and developers said the panels would be tucked behind a buffer of trees. Yet in residents eyes, a utility-scale solar array is no

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Journey To Juneteenth Scavenger Hunt Highlights Historical Black Figures

Home/Arts and Entertainment/Journey To Juneteenth Scavenger Hunt Highlights Historical Black Figures Journey To Juneteenth Scavenger Hunt Highlights Historical Black Figures By Curtis Michaud May 24, 2021 Depot Park was full of young children Saturday looking for combs, chalk and photos of Black leaders from Alachua County. The children’s scavenger hunt for Black history artifacts was one of the first events in Gainesville’s monthlong “Journey to Juneteenth” celebration.  From May 20 to June 19, the city is officially celebrating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It’s the first time Gainesville is dedicating a month to the holiday, starting with the day Florida announced emancipation and culminating in the widely recognized day in June. 

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