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Friday, September 21, 2012

Nuclear Attack on Wind Turbines—Energy Wars Begin


Nuclear Attack on Wind Turbines—Energy Wars Begin
The Fiscal Times
The nation's largest nuclear utility is leading a full court lobbying blitz to eliminate subsidies for the wind energy industry, which built 35 percent of new U.S. electricity generation capacity since 2007. The campaign has opened a fissure between ...http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/09/21/Nuclear-Attack-on-Wind-Turbines-Energy-Wars-Begin.aspx#page1

Unusual coalitions clash over wind energy tax credit

Washington Post -
By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post. The wind power industry boasts enviable political assets in its fight to preserve a prized tax benefit. Republican and Democratic governors trumpet the benefits of wind energy; industry officials can identify manufacturing ...

Wind Industry Out of Gas

Daily Beast - ‎Sep 20, 2012‎
The New York Times reports today: At its peak in 2008 and 2009, the industry employed about 85,000 people, according to the American Wind Energy Association, the industry's principal trade group. Many of those jobs have disappeared since, as wind ...

Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering

New York Times - ‎Sep 20, 2012‎
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Last month, Gamesa, a major maker of wind turbines, completed the first significant order of its latest innovation: a camper-size box that can capture the energy of slow winds, potentially opening new parts of the country to wind power.

Puff, the Magic Drag on the Economy

Wall Street Journal - ‎Sep 18, 2012‎
By Lamar Alexander And Mike Pompeo. As Congress works to reduce spending and avert a debt crisis, lawmakers will have to decide which government projects are truly national priorities, and which are wasteful. A prime example of the latter is the ...

Texas League of Conservation Voters: Wind Power Advocates Call On Congress ...

MarketWatch (press release) - ‎Sep 18, 2012‎
AUSTIN, Texas, Sep 18, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- With a key wind energy tax credit set to expire at the end of the year, wind energy advocates delivered thousands of letters to Senator John Cornyn urging him to support extension of the credit in ...

PTC Stalls, Wind Energy Workers Laid Off

Domestic Fuel - ‎12 minutes ago‎
E15 After September 15. Renewable Fuels Association Director of Market Development Robert White discusses how September 15 marks the end of EPA's summer volatility restriction that has hindered retail sales of E15. Subscribe if you haven't already and ...

Congress not acting on wind-energy credits

Iowa Farmer Today - ‎58 minutes ago‎
DES MOINES (AP) — There is little hope Congress will act quickly to extend a federal energy tax credit for building wind turbines, despite the likelihood letting the program expire could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs. The issue is particularly important in ...

Wind Energy in the US: Record Breaking Growth at Risk

AOL Energy - ‎1 hour ago‎
Wind Energy in the US: Record Breaking Growth at Risk. The US wind industry is on track for a record-breaking year. In August, the American Wind Energy Association announced a milestone 50 GW of capacity and installations will this year beat previous ...

Fossil Fuel Group Whines About Tax Credits for Wind

Mother Jones - ‎2 hours ago‎
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of the year, and Congress doesn't look likely to extend it anytime soon. This precarious situation is already causing some layoffs in the industry, as the New York Times reports today.

Greentech Industries Imperiled by Anti-Stimulus, Removal of Federal Supports

Firedoglake - ‎2 hours ago‎
One of the highlights of the stimulus package, according to Michael Grunwald's book The New New Deal, was the $90 billion in investment in green energy. This kick-started a moribund industry and more than doubled the output of renewables as a ......

Wind power faces tax credit uncertainty

UPI.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Advertisement. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Uncertainty over the U.S. wind tax credit, set to expire at the end of this year, is taking its toll on the country's wind power industry. The tax credit, in existence since 1992, allows project developers or investors to ...

Video of the Day: Where Wind Is

Greentech Media - ‎4 hours ago‎
Through the presidential campaigns, the mainstream media has picked up the once-slightly-wonky fight over the extension of wind energy's production tax credit (PTC). As reported by GTM, Governor Romney has come out unequivocally against extension of ...

Wind Power Layoffs Abound as Industry Threatened by Tax Credit Expiration

Consumer Energy Report - ‎5 hours ago‎
With a nearly $1 billion government tax credit for the industry in doubt, the wind energy sector in the United States is on the brink of elimination, putting both thousands of jobs and the goal of promoting sustainable energy at risk. In existence since 2008, the tax ...

Companies fighting for extension of wind energy tax credit

GreenBiz.com (blog) - ‎5 hours ago‎
Nineteen companies including Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's, Johnson & Johnson and Levi Strauss have sent a letter to Congress requesting that it extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) before it expires at the end of 2012. They also plan to escalate contact ...

Wind Energy and the Battleground States

Energy Collective - ‎5 hours ago‎
Wind energy is a boon for the economy and the environment. Why does Romney oppose The presidential election is shaping up to be a close one and renewable energy could be a deciding factor with both candidates on opposite sides of an effort to extend ...

Unusual Coalitions Clash Over Wind Energy Tax Credit (Washington Post)

Inside Climate News - ‎6 hours ago‎
(Washington Post). The wind power industry boasts enviable political assets in its fight to preserve a prized tax benefit. Republican and Democratic governors trumpet the benefits of wind energy; industry officials can identify manufacturing jobs at risk in crucial ...
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