FENWICK: Save the birds, kill the windmills
The wind-power industry celebrated Global Wind Day on Wednesday, an occasion promoted by the wind-lobby group American Wind Energy Association to tout the benefits of wind power. The same group is also...
View ArticleBRADLEY: Renewable energy running scared
The ethanol, wind and solar industries are running scared from a House proposal to reduce federal subsidies for renewable energy by 25 percent for fiscal 2012. A surefire sign of the trouble with big...
View ArticleTax-credit debate imperils wind power
U.S. wind power faces an uncertain future as lawmakers grapple over whether to extend a key tax credit that has for years helped the business compete financially with fossil fuels.The Production Tax...
View ArticleAlexander attacks tax break for wind power
A top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday that long-standing federal subsidies on the wind farm industry should be allowed to expire at the end of the year, calling wind energy unreliable, too expensive...
View ArticleDRIESSEN: Wind down wind subsidies
A growing national coalition opposed to perpetuating industrial wind giveaways and mythical wind-power benefits has inspired thousands of Americans to call their senators and representatives - and...
View ArticleBattle for wind subsidies looming
With a year-end deadline looming, critics of federal subsidies for wind power are stepping up their arguments that taxpayer support for the industry is economically unsustainable while making it...
View ArticleDRIESSEN: Big Wind tax credit exterminates endangered species
The American Wind Energy Association wants its production tax credit (PTC) for wind electricity extended yet again. Congress should say no -- and terminate the PTC now.Wind energy is expensive and...
View ArticleWind-power subsidy spared cuts
Federal support for wind power will last for at least one more year under a little-noticed portion of the "fiscal cliff" deal reached earlier this week.It largely was overshadowed by the back-and-forth...
View ArticleOklahoma 4th in nation in wind-generated power
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma ranks fourth nationally in the amount of electricity generated from wind, according to the American Wind Energy Association's annual report. Wind provided more than 4...
View ArticleKansas wind energy faces obstacles despite gains
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Despite recent gains in wind energy production in Kansas, experts worry that trouble could be looming for the industry. A recent report from the American Wind Energy Association...
View ArticleDRIESSEN: Wind down wind subsidies
A growing national coalition opposed to perpetuating industrial wind giveaways and mythical wind-power benefits has inspired thousands of Americans to call their senators and representatives - and...
View ArticleOklahoma 4th in nation in wind-generated power
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma ranks fourth nationally in the amount of electricity generated from wind, according to the American Wind Energy Association's annual report. Wind provided more than 4...
View ArticleKansas wind energy faces obstacles despite gains
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Despite recent gains in wind energy production in Kansas, experts worry that trouble could be looming for the industry. A recent report from the American Wind Energy Association...
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