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Turbine siting rules create divide among land owners, wind industry

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Rural landowners and realtors told a panel of state lawmakers today that they should rewrite new wind turbine siting rules to require longer setbacks from neighboring homes.But people who work in the wind industry say that would drive jobs to other states.Shawn Johnson reports.

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