For decades, Cincinnati’s Winton Hills neighborhood has lived alongside dumps and industrial sites, with land that carries the legacy of long-standing pollution.
Now, that same land is being transformed into a source of cleaner, cheaper energy.
Cincinnati is moving forward with a 10-megawatt solar array on the former Center Hill Landfill in Winton Hills, where residents of the predominantly Black neighborhood have long lived near two adjacent dumps and industrial facilities tied to contamination, WVXU News reported…