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Residents urge Skagit County to halt proposed battery storage project, citing fire and environmental risks
Summary
Multiple residents told the Skagit County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 that proposed lithium battery energy storage systems pose fire, air-toxicity and long-term environmental risks and urged the county to pursue local restrictions or stronger oversight.
At the Feb. 3 Skagit County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents used the public-comment period to press commissioners to block a proposed battery energy storage facility and to pursue local ordinances to limit lithium-battery installations.
Elke McCartney of Anacortes told the board she has repeatedly spoken against the project and warned of what she described as safety and environmental harms. “These battery energy storage systems are not…
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