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Good morning. It’s Friday, April 8.

  • Rural communities seek to block eyesore solar projects.
  • Twitter workers worry Elon Musk will upend liberal culture.
  • And tensions over a short-term rental gold rush in Joshua Tree.

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In the desert north of Los Angeles, the country’s largest solar farm sprawls across more than 3,000 acres, the equivalent of three Golden Gate Parks. A natural gas plant 100 miles away produces the same amount of energy on 122 acres. The dynamic highlights the industry’s biggest obstacle to growth as opponents rebel against the massive land requirements of solar projects. Even in the blue Bay Area, ranchers and environmentalists have united to fight a solar farm that they say would spoil the scenery. Reuters

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