Solar Battle Continues as Duke-Backed Energy Bill Passes North Carolina House

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By Nexus MediaJun 13, 2017, 3:03 pm136 pts
By Molly Taft, Laura A. Shepard and Monika Sharma Alongside Highway 401 in northern North Carolina is a 21st-century twist on a classic rural scene. A few miles outside of Roxboro, sheep graze among 5,000 panels at the Person County Solar Park, keeping the grass tidy on the rural installation. Fields like these…

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