A bill benefiting solar developers that regulators and environmental groups said would exacerbate forest loss and raise electric costs was put on hold.
Developers see trees than can be cut down to make way for acres of solar panels, providing carbon-free electricity. Environmentalists see a natural landscape that sequesters huge amounts of carbon.
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