Letter to the editor: Standing Rock’s solar future

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The transition of electricity generation from fossil fuels to solar power is becoming more obvious in Kent as we notice more home roofs with solar photovoltaic cells. But we can’t say the same about governmental and business buildings. Although the city council approved the climate action plan developed through the Sustainability Commission and has committed to solarizing two governmental buildings, the grants applied for to help subsidize this effort have not been approved. Hopefully this may be achieved by early next year. But only one business building that we know of has been solarized.