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Critics say Knox Smart Development is spreading misinformation, and there are clues that suggest links to the natural gas industry.

An anonymously funded group is spreading misinformation about a rural Ohio solar project, according to project backers and others who reviewed claims made at a recent event.

Some farmers describe it as the hardest decision they’ve ever made: Lease to solar companies for a life-changing payout or risk the wrath of neighbors and the productivity of their farmland to bear future crops.

But the New Market Solar project, built on more than 1,000 acres in Highland County, is generating controversy at the state and local levels. Many residents are upset at the loss of valuable farmland, and they don’t like living near solar facilities that are shielded by prison-like fences and scraggly vegetation. “It actually reminds me of 'The Hunger Games' in that we’re kind of like the sector that’s producing the energy for Cincinnati,” said Becky Williams, who has fought solar expansion in Highland County for years.&n...

Nine largescale solar projects are either operational, under construction or planned for four counties within an hour’s drive of Cincinnati in Clermont, Clinton, Highland, and Brown counties.