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Humboldt County Community Rejects Wind Farm on Sacred Land

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California has become synonymous with green energy projects as it tries to wean itself off of fossil fuels. But in Humboldt County, the Board of Supervisors has voted against a wind energy project. The company Terra-Gen wanted to place 47 wind turbines on the Bear River and Monument ridges above the former logging town of Scotia.

Reporter: Shomik Mukherjee, Humboldt Times-Standard

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