Amid changing details, public hearing on proposed solar arrays in Northfield to continue
This early site rendering created by BlueWave Solar shows three proposed solar arrays off of Pine Meadow Road in Northfield. Screenshot
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NORTHFIELD While the Planning Board initially intended to meet April 1 for a potential vote on three proposed dual-use solar arrays off of Pine Meadow Road, the meeting was delayed at the applicant’s request and the public hearing process will continue to discuss potential changes to the site design plan.
Planning Board Chair Stephen Seredynski explained one reason the developer, Boston-based BlueWave Solar, requested a change of date and to continue presenting its plans for the proposed solar project is that the company is waiting on permission from Eversource regarding a new pole placement that may decrease the project’s visual impact on neighboring properties.
The Senate voted 51-40 on Monday to confirm Deb Haaland as the first Native American to serve as Interior secretary, overseeing Native American affairs and federal lands.
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2021
U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM). Photo credit:
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Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) at the Capitol on Jan. 3, 2019, after she became one of the first two Native American women in the House. She now could become the first Native American to serve as Interior secretary. Brian Snyder/Reuters/Newscom
With Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland poised to become the first Native American Interior secretary, tribal governments historically marginalized by the agency expect not only a greater respect for their autonomy, but also a more significant role in the nation s land and water management decisions.
February 2, 2021
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Tony Pipa & Katharine Ferguson
This is the second in a series (see Part 1) on how to ensure development investments that are part of COVID-19 relief and recovery set the stage for thriving rural communities and a more distributed, inclusive US economy. It was cross-posted by the Brookings Institution.
This article has been updated since its original posting in June 2020. On January 20, 2021, Katharine Ferguson joined the US Department of Agriculture as Chief of Staff. The ideas in this blog do not necessarily represent the policy of the USDA.
With President Biden newly inaugurated, debate still rages on whether to offer COVID-19 relief to state, local, and tribal governments, which are in acute fiscal crisis due to an unexpected double whammy: the direct costs associated with taking quick, decisive action to protect public health, and the indirect costs of loss of revenue that are the inevitable fallout of interrupted economic activity due to social d