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Obama Admin overrules own experts, gives wind energy pass on eagle killing
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Big Wind Spends Big
Wind energy spends $2.1M on lobbyists in 2012, records show
The wind energy sector spent big-time money in 2012 to protect its federal tax credits, lobbying disclosure reports released this week show.
Congress Extends Eagle-Killing Wind Incentive
Wind energy production tax credits receive reprieve in fiscal cliff deal
Congress extended wind energy tax credits worth billions of dollars in the last-minute deal hammered out by Congress to avoid the fiscal cliff, a move decried by free market organizations as “corporate welfare.”
The Wind Lobby and American Domestic Policy
Obama champions wind tax credit favored by campaign donors
A wind energy tax credit championed by President Barack Obama will benefit financially a group of large American corporations that have donated overwhelmingly to Democratic candidates and committees.
Maine’s Energy King
Former company of liberal ‘independent’ Senate candidate Angus King received federal cash grant in June
The scandal-ridden wind energy project co-founded by liberal “independent” Maine senate candidate Angus King received more than $33 million in cash under the 1603 program of the economic stimulus in June, according to the U.S. Treasury.
Gone with the Wind
Green energy firm sacks two-thirds of American workforce days after receiving $32 million government loan
Just days after the Export-Import Bank approved a multi-million dollar federal loan guarantee to benefit a mostly foreign-based wind-energy outfit, the company pink-slipped more than 200 American workers.
WH Pushes Tax Credit Benefiting Overseas Firm
Energy Secretary Steven Chu wants to extend a wind production tax credit that will benefit firms like Ingeteam, a Spain-based energy conglomerate.
Bird Blood Bath Continues
Government officials are extending the length of federal permits allowing businessmen in the renewable-energy sector to unintentionally kill protected birds for 30 years.
The Windy City’s Wind Advocate
On Thursday, President Obama will tout the benefits of wind energy in front of a facility owned by a manufacturer with ties to his administration.