Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
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A paddler floats along the Devil's River, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)A truck passes a wind farm near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher Randy Nunns overlooks the Devil's River near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Nunns and fellow landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher Randy Nunns walks along the Devil's River near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Nunns and fellow landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Alice Ball Strunk, president of the Devils River Conservancy, sits in a room decorated with hunting trophies at her home, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Strunk's property is adjacent to a proposed wind development. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Alice Ball Strunk, president of the Devils River Conservancy, closes a barn door on her ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Strunk's property is adjacent to a proposed wind development. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Axis deer graze on a ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Wind turbines tower over a traditional windmill on a ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher Randy Nunns watches sunset on the Monarch Ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Nunns and fellow landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)A vehicle a wind turbine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Monarch Ranch manager Doug Meyer overlooks a bat cave on the property near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher Randy Nunns, left, and Monarch Ranch manager Doug Meyer, right, overlook a bat cave on the property near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Nunns and fellow landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)A area of the Hudspeth River Ranch is seen, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. The property is adjacent to a proposed wind development. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)A portion of the Devil's River is seen on a ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. When a China-based developer decided to erect dozens of wind turbines in the area, each the size of the tallest skyscraper in San Antonio, across thousands of scrubby acres fed by one of America's cleanest waterways, local landowners made it their mission to stop the project. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Beau Nettleton, a Val Verde County Commissioner, talks about a proposed wind development on Texas ranchland near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Nettleton, who owns land adjacent to the area on which the development is planned, says he is not concerned it will affect his property or the local ecology. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher, from left, Tom Keller, Merily Keller, Randy Nunns and Kerr Wardlaw look over an area map that shows proposed areas for a future wind development, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rancher Randy Nunns watches sunset on the Monarch Ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Nunns and fellow landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)A truck passes a wind farm near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Beau Hester, park superintendent and state park police officer, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Del Rio, Texas. Hester said two of the hiking trails on the park have already been moved to avoid the lights of a wind farm development nearby. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The Devil's River is seen on a ranch near Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. When a China-based developer decided to erect dozens of wind turbines in the area, each the size of the tallest skyscraper in San Antonio, across thousands of scrubby acres fed by one of America's cleanest waterways, local landowners made it their mission to stop the project. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Paddlers portage a section of the Devil's River, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The sun sets behind a wind farm near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A paddler floats along the Devil's River, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
