The Right to Sunlight: Solar vs. Redwood Trees

latitude 37.3686, longitude -122.034

In Silicon Valley, a battle between neighbors has turned into a different kind of face off: solar energy versus trees. It turns out that growing redwood trees can actually be a crime in California, if they block solar panels... as one couple in Sunnyvale found out the hard way. David Gorn reports on a new kind of legal battle -- the struggle over who has the right… to sunlight.

Air Date: Thursday, Feb 7 2008 at 6:15PM
Duration: 05:45 Segment: 2-18
Topic: Environment
Location: Santa Clara County

 

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