A public hearing has been scheduled for May 17 to hear comments on the 5.6-megawatt ground-mounted solar farm proposed for an unused portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. The Mount Pleasant Planning Board set the date after the
Read MoreThe City of White Plains and developer, Distributed Solar Development (DSD), broke ground last week on a nine-project, 6.8-megawatt community solar portfolio in the city that will triple the amount of solar energy produced in Westchester County. When constructed by
Read MoreImprovements to the plans of a proposed Mount Kisco solar farm would cause minimal neighborhood and environmental impacts, representatives for the applicant told the village’s Planning Board last week. Sunrise Community Solar, which hopes to install a 2.5 million-kilowatt ground-mounted
Read MoreEnergy efficiency, reducing heating and electric costs and limiting one’s carbon footprint have become increasingly critical for a growing number of Westchester residents. For homeowners in the town and village of Ossining and the Village of Briarcliff Manor, that mission
Read MoreCounty Executive George Latimer promoted his administration’s environmental upgrades at Westchester County Airport this week, balancing neighboring communities’ sensitivity to noise and pollution concerns with maintaining a facility that is critical for regional business. During a press conference Wednesday at
Read MoreA group of Westchester officials released a report Monday containing recommendations to address the failures of utilities and telecommunications companies after last August’s tropical storm that left large swaths of the county without power and internet for days. The Storm
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