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The Right to Sunlight: Solar vs. Redwood Trees

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http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/quest/2008/02/2008-02-08-quest.mp3

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.

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