Texas counties don’t have the power to ban solar farms, attorney general finds

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The opinion comes as communities across the country fight solar and wind development, which play an important role in slowing climate change but use a lot of land.

in the state Senate that will decide whether he will be removed from office, told the county that Texas law doesn’t give county governments specific authority to ban the development of solar farms. And while other laws do give counties control over roads and public health, those laws could not likely be stretched to back up a solar farm ban, she said.

The argument in Northeast Texas is not an isolated case. Across the nation, communities that are used to having open wild or agricultural land are seeing that property being redeveloped for wind turbines and solar panels.

 

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