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Southern Swiss region rejects a plan to fast-track big solar parks on Alpine mountainsides
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FILE - Workers assemble floating barges with solar panels on the 'Lac des Toules', an alpine reservoir lake, in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Voters in a southern Swiss region cast their ballots Sunday, Sept. 10 2023, to decide whether to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energies. - photo by Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP, File
GENEVA (AP) — Voters in a southern Swiss region on Sunday rejected a plan to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energy sources. The referendum in the Valais canton centered on economic and environmental interests at a time of high and rising concerns about climate change. The canton wrote on its official website that 53.94% voted against the proposal.