"Residents are bombarded with dubious claims: Solar panels are toxic. Their construction depletes the soil and floods fields and depresses home values. China is using them to invade. The campaign has stoked their skepticism and ignited their passions. It intensified the debate in a conservative county that prizes its roots in the gas industry."

https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-mount-vernon-frasier-solar-fossil-fuel-metric-media