Tomlinson: Bass Brothers and Dan Friedkin pushed SB 624 to preserve ranch views
Chris Tomlinson · Why Texas Republicans are trying to crush wind and solar · Jun 1, 2023 · at 14:20
Houston Chronicle columnist Chris Tomlinson names specific wealthy landowners behind the lobbying push for Texas anti-renewable legislation.
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“And we know where that comes from. It's a coalition of wealthy landowners it's the Bass Brothers from Fort Worth. It's Dan Friedkin, who's a Hollywood producer and banker. We know about the folks down in South Texas. These are people who own hobby ranches. Really beautiful fake ranches where they have a few cows, and they have a bunch of trees and pasture, and a really nice view from a multi-million dollar house. And these people really do not want to see a wind turbine on the horizon. They don't want to see a solar farm anywhere from their property. They definitely don't want to see any new transmission lines go up, and they donate a huge amount of money to the lawmakers in the legislature, and they were pushing this bill hard, because it, Basically was a measure that would allow them to keep their views.”
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