The town of Vernon, Vermont borders Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Jim Pinkerton is a member of the Vernon select board. The select board is like a mayor and city council combined. In a voice phone interview on December 10, Pinkerton told the Valley Post that he is working to save 18 acres of prime farmland from being covered in solar panels. “The solar panels should go above parking lots,” he said.

A photo of solar panels above a parking lot in Amherst, Massachusetts is at the following web page – see page 4:

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