The fossil fuel industry is at war with renewable energy everywhere in the US, but most decidedly in Republican controlled states. The oil and gas industry gets the most bang for its bucks buying Republican politicians in states where those politicians can most effectively impact the growth of alternate sources of energy such as wind power. In Ohio, tax payers foot the bill for fossil fuel subsidies and farmers who have been impacted by Trump's foolish tariffs are blocked from using their land for potential wind turbine revenue.
Anti-wind websites like Master Resource and National Wind Watch are funded, often in roundabout ways, by fossil fuel interests; Wind Watch doesn’t directly receive donations from these groups, but one of its leaders, Tom Stacy, has done consulting for pro-fossil fuel think tanks. Master Resource is run by the Institute for Energy Research, which has ties to multiple oil and gas interests, including Charles Koch.The fossil fuel industry won't quit until the planet is burned out wasteland.
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