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On the recordMarch 16, 2010
It makes no sense for us to spend $40 million buying the Cherokee National Forest and then sticking a bunch of 50-story wind turbines on top of it.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Criticizing the placement of wind turbines in protected areas.

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