You want to go against the generally accepted discourse? You need to give sources. Right now I don't believe a word you say. I'm aware of the NIMBY attitude of some environmental activists or the more extreme version of environmental activism who battle for the end of consumerism but I've never heard of environmental activists fighting against solar farms.
Simply type the following words into Google - environmental activists oppose solar There are 4,170,000 results -- Let's review some selections from the first page of results. As I noted left-wing environmental groups for nearly a decade have opposed solar and other green energy projects across the U.S. -- this trend has accelerated over the past three years. Primarily these environmental groups oppose these projects because they conflict with the group's vision of land-use. There are numerous news stories outlining the opposition to solar and green power from well known left-wing environmental activist groups such as the Sierra Club, Audubon Society, the Sunrise Movement, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. As outlined in the news stories below, well-known national environmental organizations have funded & driven local campaigns in recent years to oppose solar and wind power. Effectively these campaigns are a form of "astro-turfing" where national organizations recruit local residents to drive their environmental concerns to oppose zoning etc. The talking points trying to tie opposition to solar energy simply to conservatives and NIMBYism simply does not hold water -- especially when the majority of the well-funded opposition is coming from left-wing environmental groups. Let's explore some headlines from across the U.S. in recent years.... Climate Activists Oppose Major Solar Projects over Deforestation Concerns https://tennesseestar.com/2022/01/1...r-solar-projects-over-deforestation-concerns/ Environmentalists Oppose Mojave Desert Solar Power https://www.pacificresearch.org/environmentalists-oppose-mojave-desert-solar-power/ The largest remaining tall-grass prairie in Texas is getting solar panels. Environmentalists can’t stop it. A solar facility on a 3,594-acre tract of land has environmental groups searching for a way to save what they consider a living museum https://www.washingtonpost.com/clim...08/texas-prairie-solar-panels-climate-change/ Environmentalists oppose building largest solar plant in US https://www.reviewjournal.com/opini...e-building-largest-solar-plant-in-us-1693225/ Here Comes the Sun? Local environmentalists oppose university solar project https://georgetownvoice.com/2018/12...onmentalists-oppose-university-solar-project/ Activists fear a new threat to biodiversity—renewable energy To fight climate change, cleaner energy sources are desperately needed, but some experts say more should be done to keep untouched desert ecosystems intact. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...ear-biodiversity-threat-from-renewable-energy Rural Activists and Conservationists Protest Solar Projects in Nevada ‘It seems illogical to destroy the environment to protect the environment’ https://thenevadaglobe.com/articles...rvationists-protest-solar-projects-in-nevada/ County by county, solar panels face pushback Some conservationists and local governments have fought off large-scale solar farms, leaving the industry to look for new places for panels. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/county-county-solar-panels-face-pushback-rcna16233 A solar battle in sleepy Wareham is pitting environmentalists against each other The town at the heart of cranberry country has about 300 acres of solar farms, with roughly 500 acres more in the works. So why are some people so unhappy about it? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05...pitting-environmentalists-against-each-other/ Iowa City council listens to Sierra Club and rejects MidAmerican solar farm in Iowa City park https://www.sierraclub.org/iowa/blo...-farm-fails-waterworks-prairie-park-iowa-city Solar Power’s Land Grab Hits a Snag: Environmentalists https://www.wsj.com/articles/solar-powers-land-grab-hits-a-snag-environmentalists-11622816381 Activists fear a new threat to biodiversity—renewable energy To fight climate change, cleaner energy sources are desperately needed, but some experts say more should be done to keep untouched desert ecosystems intact. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...ear-biodiversity-threat-from-renewable-energy Special Report: U.S. solar expansion stalled by rural land-use protests https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-solar-expansion-stalled-by-rural-land-use-protests-2022-04-07/ As I noted earlier, left-wing environmental activists generally support rooftop solar but not large solar plants. Environmental advocates, solar workers rally against rooftop solar proposal A coalition of climate activists and solar workers rallied to fight back against a proposal they say will hurt the expansion of rooftop solar. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/l...olar/509-51043ae3-5019-4811-a072-0fab8dfa3d30 A useful opinion piece providing examples of left-wing environmentalists opposing solar and green power citing examples. This article also shows America's largest national environmental organizations lining up against solar and green power. America’s Top Environmental Groups Have Lost the Plot on Climate Change https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/americas-top-environmental-groups America’s biggest green groups are over and over again lining up on the wrong side of decarbonization. The Audubon Society is suing to block California wind farms. The Natural Resources Defense Council supported closing nuclear power plants in New York and California.. The Sunrise Movement is supporting a moratorium on large solar projects in Amherst, MA. And the Sierra Club has organized opposition to solar projects in Florida, California, Maryland and elsewhere. In Nevada, the Sierra Club and groups like it were the primary challenger to a 14-square-mile solar project. The reason? Affection for the plot of land, which also shelters endangered tortoises.
I followed the link on a few of your examples and find that some have fair reasons to push back on energy company schemes to grab land or cash in on government rebates. But I will also admit that you're also right to point to some nonsense. I worked in the shipping industry and remember this environmental ngo would send their dinghy to "inspect" ships at port for any infractions of any laws on the book, then basically extort fees from shippers to keep their findings private. No different from thugs getting protection money from mom and pop stores. I spent over 10 years working for the evil industry fleeced by government, unions and other special interest groups because all know that transportation cost is a micro expense line of doing business and our large distribution conglomerates are willing to pay whatever it takes to get products on shelves. Yet, I was quite aware that my industry cut corners every which way to squeeze profit margins. At the end of the day, we wrap up our work in value add when we truly are just self interested.
I have had an up close view of a solar farm battle in southeast Durham where I live in N.C. There is an existing solar farm and they have proposed purchasing the neighboring land and doubling the solar farm in size. This solar farm is not an eyesore. In fact it is hard to see from the road. It is surrounded by a chain link fence with barbed wire at the top but evergreen trees are planted around the entire perimeter which makes it hard to even see the solar farm. However soon as the expansion was proposed these left-wing national environmentalist groups such as Sierra, etc. stepped up to fund local activists to oppose the re-zoning of the land. They have now held the project off for several years. I will note that all the people supporting the solar farm including neighboring landowners, the solar farm company owner, associated Duke Power representatives/executives, and developers/builders of nearby sub-divisions can only be described as right-wing conservatives. All of them support the solar farm project; they are in it for the money This entire experience has been eye opening to me in terms of who is resisting green solar and wind power in the U.S. -- it is not the right but the left in project after project nationwide. To be fair the environmental groups have some points -- especially regarding the need to re-build our national electric infrastructure to support rooftop solar at many discrete sites and that some of these large projects are financially self-serving for the electric power companies. Some of the issues with evolving the U.S. electric grid to support green power is described in this article. Here’s why the U.S. electric grid isn’t running on 100% renewable energy yet https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/29/why...d-run-on-100percent-renewable-energy-yet.html "There would also have to be profound cultural and political shifts with an eye toward solving tomorrow’s problems, instead of maintaining the status quo."
Another in-depth article outlining from a political perspective why utility companies and our electric grid are not evolving. Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past The industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license. https://theintercept.com/2022/12/24/oil-gas-climate-disinformation/