NPR: Here's how contentious the wind industry has become in Oklahoma: When a state representative discovered a GPS tracker on his pickup truck late last year, he immediately suspected the industry, in an allegation straight of a political thriller.
"I pissed off a huge corporation," Rep. Mark McBride told a police officer, according to audio from a police body camera obtained by StateImpact Oklahoma. "You know anything about wind farms?"
McBride explained he may have been targeted because he was writing legislation to increase taxes on the wind industry.
The case is under investigation. The wind industry denies any wrongdoing.
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