iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Wind Energy Tax Break

The Lessons of the Battle Over Tax Increases for the Wind Industry

Carl Pope | Posted 03.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Taxes, Wind Power, Fiscal Cliff, Congress, Natural Gas, Electricity, Coal, Nuclear Plants, Wind Energy Tax Break, Green Jobs, Wind Energy Tax Increase, Wind Energy, Green News
Carl Pope

Now that Congress, as part of its fiscal cliff compromise, has given the wind industry a one year extension on its present tax rules, it's time to take a sober look at the real economics behind the struggle between future energy and fossil fuels.

Read Whole Story

Conservatives Pressure Boehner

Reuters | Posted 11.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Wind Energy Tax Break, Boehner, John Boehner, 2012 Election, Reuters, Elections 2012, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Tax Credit, Politics News

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Forty-seven Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing Speaker John Boehner to eliminate the wind ...

Read Whole Story

White House Hopes For Wind Power Tax Credit Renewal

Reuters | Posted 10.14.2012 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, US Tax Credit Wind Energy, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Renewable Energy Tax Break, Wind Energy Tax Break, Reuters, Wind Power Tax Break, Wind Energy, Wind Production Tax Credit, Renewable-Energy, Wind Energy Tax Credit, Wind Power Tax Credit, Production Tax Credit, Green News

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The White House is hopeful Congress will renew a $12 billion tax credit for wind power production, a senior Obama adm...

Read Whole Story

True Colors

Michael Brune | Posted 10.08.2012 | Green
Read More: Mitt Romney, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Tax Break, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney Clean Energy, Mitt Romney Oil, Romney Wind Energy, Green News
Michael Brune

Advocates for wind energy don't have a billion dollars. What we do have on our side, though, is the truth: we need wind power. So why did Mitt Romney just announce his opposition to one of the biggest American success stories of the past decade?

Read Whole Story

Sabrina Siddiqui

Poll Attacking Romney Came From Pro-Romney Super PAC Pollster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Iowa, Karl Rove, Romney Campaign, Wind Energy Tax Break, Super PACs, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Wind Energy, Restore Our Future, Romney Wind Energy, Public Opinion Strategies, 2012 Election, Campaign Spending, Glen Bolger, American Wind Energy Association, American Crossroads, Campaign Advertising, Republicans, Video, Politics News

Since Mitt Romney’s campaign announced the presumptive Republican nominee’s opposition to extending a tax credit for wind energy producers, there...

Read Whole Story

Mitt Romney Would End Wind Energy Tax Credit

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 07.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney Energy, Video, Wind Energy Tax Break, Barack Obama Energy, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Wind Energy, Mitt Romney Wind Energy, Wind Energy Tax Credit, Politics News

Mitt Romney would end a tax credit for wind energy producers if he's elected, his campaign confirmed to the Des Moines Register Monday, setting a clea...

Read Whole Story

Wind Energy Tax Break Fails In U.S. Senate

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.14.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Energy Tax, Wind Power, Video, Wind Energy Tax Break, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Tax Credit, Production Tax Credit, Green News

DENVER (AP) — An attempt to extend a federal tax break for wind energy production and other alternative energy sources failed in the U.S. Senate on ...

Read Whole Story

New Wind Energy Bill

AP | CHET BROKAW | Posted 05.02.2012 | Green
Read More: Big Stone Power Plant, Energy Tax Refund, Video, Wind Energy Tax Break, Wind Energy Tax Refund, Energy Tax Break, Dennis Daugaard South Dakota, South Dakota Tax Refund, South Dakota Wind Energy, Wind Energy Projects, Dennis Daugaard, Ap, Renewable-Energy, Green News

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A measure that would refund about half the construction taxes for large wind energy projects and an environmental upgrade at Big...

Read Whole Story