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An Idaho County Banned Wind and Solar Projects. Some Locals Regret It.

This story was originally co-published by Canary Media and the Daily Yonder, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals.

An Idaho County Banned Wind and Solar Projects. Some Locals Regret It.

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This story was originally co-published by Canary Media and the Daily Yonder, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals.

He quoted the Declaration of Independence to make his case.

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This story was originally co-published by Canary Media and the Daily Yonder, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals. He quoted the Declaration of Independence to make his case.

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He quoted the Declaration of Independence to make his case.

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