Climate Denial Crock of the Week

More from my interviews with farmers in Montcalm County, Michigan.
Landowners who have sought to place wind turbines or solar panels on their land have been under attack by well organized, and well funded anti-clean energy groups, many of whom are wealthy newcomers to the area.

Above, farmers describe the new imbalance of power, as centennial farms and farmers are displaced by wealthy “Lake People”.
Just yesterday, I heard from a former local official that one very wealthy individual, who was extremely prominent in blocking clean energy in the area, will now be moving away to another state, leaving behind a community strapped for resources and farmers struggling to make ends meet.

Often the anti-clean energy activists portray themselves as “Saving Farmland” – but in fact, it is the farmers who have been stewards of that land for, often, more than a century, and providing additional income streams – drought proof, recession proof, flood proof – is the best way to insure that farmers can continue to protect that land against development.

Below, clean energy as the best way to save agricultural land against toxic urban sprawl.

Here, Indiana experts describe how solar fields can preserve farmland and soil.