Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 4/10/19


A bill to prohibit wind farms throughout much of eastern North Carolina got an important nod of support Wednesday from the commander of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, even as retired military commanders debated the merit of legislation that will likely be one of the more hotly contested issues of this session. Seymour Johnson's Col. Donn Yates didn't specifically endorse the bill, but he told state senators that he needs "the status quo" to train jet pilots at low altitude in North Carolina. Senate Bill 377 would block windmills across hundreds of square miles in the state…

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