"Who really has grassroots support? Wind energy"

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Who really has grassroots support? Wind energy

By Shauna Theel at the Hill

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/227576-who-really-has-grassroots-support-wind-energy

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Production Tax Credit “so that investment in wind energy can continue.” And 78 percent agreed it “helps American workers make more of our own energy right here in America.”

Wide majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents agreed, consistent with previous polls.

In the face of this widespread support, opponents such as the billionaire Koch brothers, who have significant financial interests in fossil fuels, have had to manufacture opposition. They have created a series of groups all with different names, but one common denominator: funding from the Koch brothers.

And yet wind energy supporters include hundreds of other U.S. businesses. They know how wind energy can invigorate local economies with affordable power and manufacturing jobs.



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