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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***Tell Congress: Renew the Wind Production Tax Credit***
It couldn't be clearer that we need more jobs and sources of energy that don't bring doom and gloom to the planet.
Yet thanks to massive opposition raised by the Koch brothers and other polluters, we could be weeks away from losing one of the most successful programs to promote wind energy in the U.S., and tens of thousands of the jobs that have come with it.
The Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC), which expires at the end of the year, has been an unparalleled success since it was enacted in 1992. In addition to helping lower the cost of wind energy by 90% and power the equivalent of 12 million homes, the PTC supports 75,000 wind jobs and helps raise $20 billion in private investment in wind energy each year.
Much of that is in jeopardy if Congress fails to act. Tell Congress: Renew the Wind Production Tax Credit.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wptc/?r_by=51057-68532-iTbt4Wx&rc=paste1
Yet thanks to massive opposition raised by the Koch brothers and other polluters, we could be weeks away from losing one of the most successful programs to promote wind energy in the U.S., and tens of thousands of the jobs that have come with it.
The Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC), which expires at the end of the year, has been an unparalleled success since it was enacted in 1992. In addition to helping lower the cost of wind energy by 90% and power the equivalent of 12 million homes, the PTC supports 75,000 wind jobs and helps raise $20 billion in private investment in wind energy each year.
Much of that is in jeopardy if Congress fails to act. Tell Congress: Renew the Wind Production Tax Credit.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wptc/?r_by=51057-68532-iTbt4Wx&rc=paste1
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***Tell Congress: Renew the Wind Production Tax Credit*** (Original Post)
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Nov 2012
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