Staffers for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign say the candidate wants to end the wind production tax credit. That federal credit has allowed the wind industry to compete with heavily-subsidized fossil fuels that do considerable harm to the environment and public health -- impacts that are not reflected in their price.
By Stephen Lacey
Staffers for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign say the candidate wants to end the wind production tax credit. That federal credit has allowed the wind industry to compete with heavily-subsidized fossil fuels that do considerable harm to the environment and public health -- impacts that are not reflected in their price. The production tax credit [...]
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Add CommentIf an industry that has been in existence as long as wind-energy still depends on tax credits and rate-payer subsidies to survive, it has no right to continue to exist.
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