HVA has joined with the Town of New Milford and other area conservation organizations to urge Connecticut DEEP to enforce stricter individual permitting for the Candlewood Solar project.
“The negative impact on water quality, both during clearing and construction and subsequent to the installation of this massive industrial energy project on what is now a mostly wooded, steeply sloping mountain in close proximity to the Housatonic River, is unacceptably high,” Tim Abbot, HVA’s regional land conservation and greenprint director wrote.
