XXX Don’t clear-cut the forest bordering Cambridge’s Reservoir!

The health and stability of the planet dictates saving all the forests we currently have and grow back more.

Trees are so valuable! Let solar panels go on roof tops!

Seems like a short-sighted if well-intentioned proposal. Mature trees save a lot of carbon, far more carbon storage as they age than when they are young. Do both, but find a better place for the solar panels.

This is a crazy proposal at this time of Climate Disruption and the Sixth Mass Extinction.

I agree the lack of woods between the reservoir and the highway is bad for the environment, noise pollution, and habitats. I understand the easy access to the high tension wire grid is the reason for the site. I'm not convinced it's worth it.

3 years ago Featured

I am certain Lexington has at least one office park that is equally viable for solar as a mature forest. if the issue is about cost, remember that you are one of the wealthiest zip codes in the state, and find a way to get creative.

Use roofs

I'm writing as a MA citizen who has dedicated her working life to Environmental Public Health in MA. I'm all for increasing solar energy, but cutting down forests to place solar panels is incredibly shortsighted and damaging to our environment and to our public health! Our cities and towns need plans that consider carbon reduction and biodiversity TOGETHER because these are integrally linked.

What a horrible idea! Let's say NO!

I am a firm advocate of solar power, and would love for this project to be built . . . but at a site with less habitat destruction and carbon sequestration loss potential. There are surely other siting options to pursue first before tearing down mature forest land--an action that can't be undone.

We need to keep our forests

3 years ago Featured

Put solar where it doesn't require cutting down trees! And protect Cambridge's water supply -- they've already had to temporarily switch to MWRA due to PFAS levels. Don't add more threats to water quality.

There are plenty of places to put solar without destroying mature forest. In fact, it is counterproductive to do so. We need both trees and solar to combat climate change.

Forests of mature trees are absolutely critical to a livable climate, clean water and more. There is plenty of already paved and degraded land to pursue solar projects on. Do NOT cut the trees.

Every tree is a community. Will Lexington still be able to call itself a "tree city" if it allows this? I would hope not :/

I am opposed to sacrificing wild or green spaces for solar installations. Surely other sites can be found. Have we really run out of rooftops, parking lots or over roads? Besides global warming, loss of biodiversity is also an urgent problem. Must we continue to casually subdue nature in every venture we, as the dominant species, undertake?

I'm a huge solar proponent but don't advocated clear cutting a forest in a suburb for an array. There are more suitable places.

Precious trees in cities and Towns must not be exploited. Find a beeter place for solar panels

This would be a loss to your community, the whole state, and the region. We need to acknowledge that an injury like this to one forest and ecosystem is an injury to all.

When you count the embodied energy to build and maintain the solar panel farm + the loss of 795 mature trees, the farm may operate at a net INCREASE in greenhouse gas emissions.