Bloomfield Activists Push For Solar Panels On Town, School Buildings

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Environmental activists in Bloomfield are planning to hold a forum in support of putting solar panels on town and school-owned buildings.

According to a news release from organizers, the free, public forum will take place at the Civic Center, 84 Broad Street on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. Learn more here.

Speakers will include:

• Satenik Margaryan, College professor and former BOE candidate
• Jane Califf, Coordinator, Bloomfield Citizens Solar Campaign
• Ted Glick, President, 350NJ-Rockland
• The Rev. Susan Dorward, Pastor, Brookdale Reformed Church

Califf spoke more about the reason why activists are holding the forum:

“Over the last month, the U.S. Congress passed and President [Joe] Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. This is the first piece of federal legislation ever to make a substantive—$370 billion—investment to drive the urgently needed shift from polluting, climate-destroying fossil fuels (oil, coal, and gas) to wind, solar, and other clean, renewable energy sources. Bloomfield must take action too. Greener by Design was hired by the town years ago to study the feasibility of solar energy, and it found that two of the town buildings and all of the schools are good candidates for it. And they said that we could save $2.9 million in taxpayer-funded energy costs over a 15-year period.”

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