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Tennessee welcomes solar jobs Texas snubs, say Senate Democrats
June 3, 2009 | 
Volunteer State and Bredesen have the foresight to grab clean-energy opportunities
NASHVILLE – Texas may be willing to turn down the jobs that come with solar energy, but Tennessee is more than happy to welcome this 21st century industry and the economic benefits that go with it, members of the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus said Monday.
“Governor Bredesen has sent a strong message: Tennessee is ready, willing and able to be a center for the solar-energy industry,” Senator Lowe Finney of Jackson said. “With our Volunteer State Solar Initiative, West Tennessee will have the top solar energy-generating facility in the region.
“More than 600 Tennesseans will be hired to build the solar farm facility, and others will be hired to operate it.”
The story is altogether different in Texas, where legislators did an about-face over the weekend, voting down millions in incentives to draw solar investment to the state. «Read the rest of this article»
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