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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Emily Foxhall, Kai Elwood-Dieu and Zach Despart

Texas power struggle: How the nation’s top wind power state turned against renewable energy.

Lyford, TX - May 17, 2023: Industrial energy-producing wind turbines cover hundreds of acres of farmland in Lyford, TX. (Photo by Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune)
Wind turbines cover hundreds of acres of farmland in Willacy County in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. (Credit: Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune)

State Rep. Jared Patterson disagreed with his Republican colleague that Texas should keep supporting the booming renewable energy industry here.

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