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The energy industry’s giant land grab of Md. farmland

February 28, 2024
green grass field with house during daytime

Maryland farms are a crucially important food-producing asset of our state. Unfortunately, those rural areas and associated small-town economies are in the crosshairs of a giant land grab by out-of-state corporate energy interests. The energy industry (largely represented by solar developers) has weaponized “climate change” as a low-cost way to capture many tens of thousands of acres of Maryland’s food production capacity. Do we really have to let that happen?

Article Source: Maryland Matters

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