Wind Tax Credit Issue Used To Hit Romney In Colorado

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Wind proponents hit Mitt Romney with a $500,000 ad campaign in hard-fought Colorado, blaming job losses on the Republican nominee and "his friends in Congress." Read more →

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Wind Whack: Siemens Cutting 615 U.S. Workers

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Siemens is laying off 615 U.S. wind workers, mostly in Iowa and Kansas, as the production tax credit expiration looms. Read more →

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More Wind Job Losses Loom As PTC Fight Deepens

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Nuke giant Exelon argues the PTC is unfair, and gets bounced from the wind industry trade group. Meanwhile, a turbine tower manufacturer prepares to close down. Read more →

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Greens Point To Jobs To Make Case For Wind PTC

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The National Resources Defense Council issues a new report promoting the jobs benefits that would accrue if Congress extends a key wind-energy tax credit. Read more →

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Conservatives: Let Wind Power Tax Credit Die

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Americans For Prosperity, the Koch brothers-backed group, leads a call on Congress to allow the wind power production tax credit to expire. Read more →

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Michigan Tower Maker Struggles As Wind Wanes

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Ventower was a hero when it opened a wind-power tower plant on a Michigan brownfield, but orders are drying up as the industry pulls back. Read more →

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On Wind, Obama Sees A Clean Energy Winner

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Once, Solyndra was going to make clean energy an albatross for President Obama. But with wind the focus, everything seems to have changed. Read more →

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Wind Power Job Losses Mount As PTC Waits

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Vestas trims its Pueblo, Colo., wind tower workforce, the latest cutback amid continued uncertainty regarding the fate of the production tax credit. Read more →

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US Wind Hits 50 GW, Turns To GOP To Keep The Boom Going

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U.S. wind power reaches 50 gigawatts in generating capacity and a conservative Republican from Iowa becomes the loudest voice for extending the industry's key subsidy. Read more →

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Sorry, Mitt; With GOP Aid, Wind Tax Credit Advances

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Despite their presidential candidate's opposition, two wind-state Republicans join with Democrats in a Senate committee vote to extend the PTC one year. Read more →

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