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The recent article “N.C. Senate reviews wind energy ban” contained a great deal of misinformation. The article claimed Senate Bill 1068 banned wind energy and the 1983 Ridge Law exempted wind turbines–those claims are false. The Ridge Law exempts single windmills attached to a parent buil...

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