Onset Site of State-Wide Rally Honoring the Land
ONSET, MA: On July 31, 2021 , in Onset and Greenfield, MA rallies will be held to highlight the environmental injustice of clear-cutting forest for land-based industrial solar arrays. The event will bring attention to the thousands of acres of mature forest destroyed in a rush to realize cash benefits from the state's misguided renewable energy incentives. Onset VFW, Gibbs Ball Field Rd, Onset, MA 1-4 PM Fearing Hill Forest is slated for destruction. Sign the Petition! We demand a moratorium on solar subsidies and approvals unless they meet these standards : On rooftops or existing infrastructureIf ground-mounted: limited to 5 acres or less and land not cleared within the last five years, and no impact on : • Biodiversity including plants and animals listed under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act, • Forests, protected open space or agricult...