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Alan Marling, Livermore
Last weekâs article, âOfficials Say to Prep for Fire Season,â warned Livermore residents to take action.
The best way to prevent widespread damage due to the climate crisis is to support local green energy. Not only will this reduce and reverse global warming, but also, localized energy will decrease the need for high energy power lines, which are so dangerous that PG&Eâs inept response is to shut off our power.
Fortunately, the Alameda supervisors unanimously approved the Aramis solar farm for Livermore. Unfortunately, our source of safe energy is being paralyzed in the courts, due to a lawsuit from Save North Livermore and Friends of Open Space and Vineyards. Tell your neighbors to withdraw support from those two groups until they stop endangering our homes and lives us with frivolous litigation.
An appeals hearing for another controversial solar project proposed for North Livermore will take place this Thursday, April 22, beginning at 9 a.m.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the appeals of Friends of Livermore, Friends of Open Space and Vineyards, John and Jackie Bowles, and Save North Livermore Valley from the decision of the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments to certify the final environmental impact report and approve the conditional use permit application for the Sunwalker project.
The project will construct, operate and maintain a solar photovoltaic facility covering 59 acres of a 71-acre parcel at 4871 N. Livermore Ave.
âFailure to prepare is preparing to fail.â
Thatâs a quote from John Wooden, one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history. Unfortunately, Coach Wooden s words aptly describe Alameda County s decade long failure to develop a comprehensive policy for the siting of utility scale solar facilities in the East County.
The task is not impossible. Contra Costa County started working on a comprehensive solar policy seven years after Alameda County began its work, and Contra Costa County finished its policy a year ago. Santa Clara County adopted a solar policy in 2010.
After he voted to approve the gigantic Aramis industrial solar plant on March 4, 2021, Supervisor David Haubert said he wanted a county solar policy to determine where any new solar facilities should be sited that would pose the least conflict with the environment ⦠but not yet. First, he wants to decide whether to approve the other large solar facility in the âpipeline,â called the S