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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Emily Foxhall

Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.

Solar panels near Cunningham on April 10, 2023.
Solar panels in Cunningham. In nearby Franklin County, locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities. (Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune)

FRANKLIN COUNTY — Volunteer firefighter Jim Emery grew emotional as he spoke to the crowd at an anti-solar development town hall meeting in his northeast Texas community. Emery, who worked for decades at the nearby coal power plant before it closed in 2018, didn’t worry then about pollution from the plant.

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