Public Utility Law Judge Sober has rejected the Mills Branch Solar proposal to construct a 360-acre industrial Solar installation in the middle of Kent County prime agricultural land and denied them the Certificate of Public … Read More »
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Planning for Our Energy Future
Join Preservation Maryland and Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance for a town hall style meeting to discuss the state of clean energy in Kent County and the threats being posed to historic landscapes and farmland. Large solar and wind farms … Read More »
Solar Farming: Not a Good Use of Agricultural Land
An article by Ken Heiniger,NCSU Professor and Extension Specialist, discussing whether solar farms are a good use of agricultural land. He outlines both the short and long term issues to the land and to the … Read More »
Solar energy projects place farmland as ‘easy target’
Delmarva Farmer By JONATHAN CRIBBS Associate Editor ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Oct. 11, 2016) — A term that’s grown quietly in environmental circles across the nation over the last several years may have finally reached our regional … Read More »
KCPA Organizes to Protect Open Space in Kent County
The founders of the Kent Conservation & Preservation Alliance are the first to say that their new organization walks in the footsteps of some remarkable Kent County citizen committees. From Chestertown’s own little tea party … Read More »
Maryland Association of Counties Summer Conference
Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance(KCPA) sent representatives to Maryland Association of Counties(MACo) this past week. The information that was presented outlined the adverse effects associated with Mills Branch Solar in the Chesterville/Morgnec District of the … Read More »
KCPA applies to Maryland Preservation for the ‘Six to Fix’ Program
Nancy and John Lysinger hosted a cocktail party for Nicholas Redding, Executive Director of Preservation Maryland, at their restored Chesterville National Register historic home and gardens on August 1. This event capped his tour of … Read More »
As local coverage wanes, residents become self-taught watchdogs
Kevin Hemstock, the longtime editor of the Kent County News, took his paper’s watchdog role literally. From his office in downtown Chestertown, Maryland, he had a sweeping view of High Street, the main thoroughfare. One … Read More »
Solar Energy Development in Kent County, Maryland
Keep Kent Scenic (KKS) is supportive of renewable energy, believing that solar energy, as opposed to wind turbines, is the preferred source to allow Kent County to contribute to this energy generation. Utility solar energy … Read More »
Is renewable solar energy compatible with protection of Farmland?
Is renewable solar energy compatible with protection of Farmland? Apparently New Jersey thinks it is and has put programs and incentives in place to back up their protective policies. New Jersey is 2nd in the … Read More »
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