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OPINION: A Backlash Against 'Big Wind' and 'Big Solar' is Raging Across Rural America
Nearly every week, local communities are rejecting or restricting solar and wind projects. One of the latest rejections occurred in mid-September in Center, Nebraska, when the Knox County Board of Supervisors voted 6 to 1 to deny a conditional-use permit for a proposed solar project. According to an article by Mark Mahoney of the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, the board’s decision “drew applause from most of a nearly full courtroom at the county courthouse.”
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Proposed Expansion of Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Sparks Controversy
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) proposal to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas from 6,400 acres to as much as seven million acres has ignited a firestorm of controversy among landowners, agricultural producers, and energy companies. The refuge, currently the oldest in Texas, is located in Lamb County and protects migratory and native species such as the sandhill crane, pronghorn, and lesser prairie chicken.