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Pay Me: Will Congress Extend Wind, Solar Tax Breaks?

Posted on August 27, 2008

For all the speeches in Denver touting clean energy as the key to saving Americas economy and the future of the planet, theres still one unmoveable object standing in the way: Congress. Despite more than a half-dozen efforts, Congress has yet to renew the clean-energy tax credits which make or break the industry.Working overtime (AP)Those credits have never lapsed, but they expire at the end of this year. Earlier in the year, renewable-energy types were pretty sanguine about the prospects of renewal. Now, panic is setting init seems like Congress and clean energy are playing a high-stakes game...

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