Blakeman Calls New York Solar Push a Scam After Backing $120 Million Solar Wall Plan
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Updated · POLITICO · May 14
Blakeman Calls New York Solar Push a Scam After Backing $120 Million Solar Wall Plan
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · May 14
Bruce Blakeman, now running for governor, attacked New York’s rural solar buildout last month, saying panels covered by snow show the state’s green-energy push “doesn’t make any sense” and is “a scam.”
In Albany last week, he argued New York’s carbon footprint is “miniscule” and that green energy fails a cost-benefit test, while still saying solar “makes sense” in Arizona, which he said gets 350 sunny days a year.
The criticism contrasts with Blakeman’s 2017 role as a green-energy executive pitching a solar-panel border wall, a plan he said could generate about $120 million a year and cover a third to half of the cost.
Long Island environmentalists called his new stance “bizarre,” noting solar has spread widely in Nassau County and across the region, with roughly 1 in 10 homes now using panels.
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