This green new deal is not green. Have you done any research at all to see what the down side of these things are? I feel everything should be left to our county to make decisions on our area. Period. The over research is sicking and it is time to sit down and do some real research. It's Time to put the brakes on such overreach of authority. Leave the counties alone. We are not socialism, U.S.A. these solar panels cause behavioral problems in children! You are not to live 1.3 miles from a solar ( industrial) farm. The land canot be used for up to 30 years after solar farm has been on the land. It causes soil erosion. It displaces/ kills animals! You are not to put close to wetlands ,streams,etc. And these that are already put in are on top of them! it can cause damage to water quality and possible contamination - ecological disasters uncontrolled runoff of water and topsoil is a well documented by product of industrial scale solar site. This is straight from research. No one is following rules and solar is not by far a green new deal. Use your thinking cap,research! Research!. Why would you want to put citizens in harms way???? Children especially. Do you even care? Do you have a heart? There is so much more that these solar farms cause!! Take the time , act like you have a brain and totally refrain from taking the authority away from the counties. Solar produces more toxic waste per unit of energy than does nuclear energy. This is a very serious ,serious thing that needs more and more research. Experts say the not green deal will cause more problems than it resolves. And that's experts.. please totally refrain from your egregious over reach.

I believe this is overreach. Localities should have the right to make all decisions regarding things like large solar arrays based on individual and unique geography, needs, and circumstances. We have fought hard to keep Big Solar out of our county. For lawmakers in Richmond (many who have never even been here) to undermine said work would be tragic. Thank you, Eric R. Smith

I ask that these bills be thrown out. They are a state government overreach because they remove the ability of local government to govern their communities through existing planning and zoning in the siting of energy facilities. They also overrule local moratoriums which have been put in place to control the real impacts of these facilities on concerned communities.