Last December, French utility giant EDF abandoned plans to build a 400-MW solar farm near Williamsport, Ohio. The reason was strong local opposition against the project. In Ocean City, New Jersey, a project to connect an offshore wind farm to the land via a cable has been delayed for years because of local opposition. Per one local resident, “We don’t want this here in any way, shape or form.” In West Texas, people are getting agitated about new wind power developments that opponents say would be a blight on nature and are fighting…
