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54 Moratoria and Counting: Why Data Centers Are Losing Their Social License
Treating hyperscale AI facilities like ordinary industrial real estate is a failing playbook. Communities are locking the front door until developers…
5 hrs ago
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Peter M. Hamm
State Approval Won’t Save a Project Built on a Broken Local Record
Bypassing county zoning may look like a shortcut for utility-scale renewables. In practice, it often turns local friction into legal gridlock.
17 hrs ago
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Peter M. Hamm
When the Benefits Stop at the County Line
When tax revenue lands in one county but the burden falls next door
Jul 29
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Peter M. Hamm
The New Local Backlash to Data Centers and Battery Storage
Why communities are using “paired moratoriums” to slow fast-moving infrastructure before the rules catch up
Jul 28
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Peter M. Hamm
When Big Projects Lose the Room
The Industrial Park Test — and why “not here” is often a reasonable answer, not a rejection of progress.
Jul 28
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Peter M. Hamm
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When “System Reliability” Starts to Sound Like a Private Subsidy
Why Georgia’s transmission fight is becoming a national story about who pays, who benefits, and who loses their home.
Jul 27
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Peter M. Hamm
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The Solar Project That Didn’t Start a Fight
What Sussex County, Delaware can teach clean-energy developers about winning the local land-use fight before it starts.
Jul 27
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Peter M. Hamm
Why Sound Clean Energy Projects Keep Losing
It isn’t only the technology, supply chains, or economics. Too often, the deciding factor is local trust—and it’s time to improve the playbook.
Jul 25
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Peter M. Hamm
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