On Sullivan Planning Board, Platner Voted to Pump the Brakes on Solar

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052026/graham-platner-rooftop-solar-moratorium-maine/

The Democratic Senate candidate from Maine voted to pursue a moratorium on all but rooftop solar projects while the town developed permitting rules. He says that’s compatible with his calls for energy-permitting reform.

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Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Reads like a cheap smear article.

silence7@slrpnk.net · -1 pts · 91d

Bad policy tells you a lot more about a politician than what they say.

BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 91d

He says his goal with the moratorium was to buy time for Sullivan and its residents to “get ordinances in place and have a deeper and more nuanced conversation.” Renewable energy advocates expressed understanding of that rationale.

Sounds like his reasoning was completely understandable, so much that people pushing for solar thought he had a good point. But you keep licking those GOP boots. The adults are ready to move forward.