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Red tape preventing Greensboro church from getting solar energy
- Taft Wireback
- Jun 27, 2015
- Jun 27, 2015
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Solar panels installed and maintained by NC WARN have been placed on the roof at Faith Community Church in partnership to help leverage solar power's savings and reduce Duke Energy's monopoly.
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The Rev. Nelson Johnson found it strange that in recent months, three different people approached him in his professional capacity about an issue that seemingly didn’t have much to do with religion.
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