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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ......
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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