Cuomo's anti-Conservative rant inexcusable
(From January, 2014 Batavia Daily News)
Editor,
Three cheers for Assemblyman Steve Hawley
for standing up and speaking out on behalf of all Conservative New York
State citizens in the wake of Governor Cuomo's mind-blowing,
anti-Conservative rant last week.
In
this increasingly 'go-along-to-get-along' world we live in, it's good
to know that there are still a few elected officials who have the guts
to speak out against tyrannical bullies like Cuomo (who apparently has
forgotten what the Constitution is), instead of just cowering in silence
for fear of retribution, as many do.
Reading
the Governor's rant against Conservatives was bad enough, but when I
actually heard the arrogance and condescending tone in the Governor’s
voice as I listened to the interview, I was appalled. Cuomo was very
clear about the fact that pro-life, pro-gun, pro-Biblical marriage
Conservatives “have no place in New York State.”
Isn't
it bad enough that New York State is hemorrhaging more people than any
other state -- losing millions of dollars in taxable income every day as
thousands of people flee the highest taxes in the nation? (See:
www.HowMoneyWalks.com) So why would New York State's chief financial
officer be resorting to using divisive rhetoric, specifically geared at
driving more people out of the state?!? It boggles the mind that any
"public servant" - especially a Governor, could be so ignorant.
Our
forefathers fled to America to escape religious persecution. Down
through the generations, all of our families have spent their blood,
sweat, and tears building this country into a place where we are
supposed to be able to be FREE to practice our religion without the fear
of mad, power-hungry government dictators imposing their "state"
religion upon us. Thus, Cuomo's intolerance is inexcusable, and in my
opinion, renders him unfit to govern.
Sad
as it is to say, I have come to a much clearer understanding - under
Governor Cuomo's 'reign', as to why our Founding Fathers instituted the
2nd Amendment into our Constitution to protect us from a tyrannical
government.
Regardless
of tyrannical rants like that just displayed by the Governor, we have
no intention of abdicating our belief in God and Jesus Christ to fall in
line with baby-killing beliefs that we find abhorrent. Nor will we be
giving up our guns, as we still believe in the 2nd Amendment. Just how
many more people the Governor's radical disdain and incompetency ends up
driving out of the state, however, remains to be seen.
THANK
YOU once again, Steve Hawley, for speaking truth to power on behalf of
ALL freedom loving, Constitution-believing Americans across New York
State! May God bless you and keep you safe as you continue to battle
for all of our rights!
Mary Kay Barton
Silver Lake, NY
No matter where it's sited, industrial wind is a NET LOSER!
I am writing in regard to Gary Kent’s letter on Dec. 15 regarding the industrial wind issue currently plaguing the area. With all due respect to Mr. Kent, ‘green’ energy is NOT a partisan issue. Frankly, I do not know a single person (Republican, Democrat, Independent, or otherwise) who is not all FOR protecting our environment.
According to Mr. Kent’s reasoning, wind turbines are OK sited elsewhere, blighting someone else's horizons – just not ours. Those who support this kind of ‘NIMBY’ (Not In My Back Yard) reasoning unintentionally give undue credibility to the scam of industrial wind.
Fact is: Industrial wind is a NET LOSER: economically, technically, environmentally, and civilly – no matter where it is sited. Let’s consider how.
• Economically:
New York State already has one of the highest electricity rates in the nation, in large part due to throwing $Billions of ratepayer dollars into the wind.
WHY destroy entire towns when just ONE (1) 450 MW gas-fired Combined Cycle Generating Unit, operating at a 60% Capacity Factor, located at New York City - where the power is needed in New York State (NYS), would provide more power than all of NYS’s installed wind factories combined, at about 1/4 of the capital costs -- and would have significantly reduced CO2 emissions and created far more jobs than all those wind factories – without all the negative civil, economic, environmental, human health and property value impacts that are a result of industrial wind factories, or all the additional transmission lines to New York City.
The Institute for Energy Research tallied the numbers and found that each wind job costs $11.45 million, plus more than four jobs lost elsewhere in the economy; and all while wind is subsidized over 52 times more than conventional fossil fuels on a unit of production basis.
Consider multi-Billionaire wind developer, Warren Buffett’s candid admission, “We get tax credits if we build ‘wind farms.’ That’s the only reason to build them. They don’t make sense without the tax credits.”
• Technically:
Due to the unreliable, erratic, and volatile nature of wind, industrial wind turbines (IWTs) provide virtually NO Capacity Value, or firm capacity (specified amounts of power on demand). Therefore, wind needs constant "shadow capacity" from our reliable, dispatchable generators - that is, if you want to be sure the lights will come on when you flick the switch. Thus, as Big Wind CEO, Patrick Jenevein candidly admitted, "Consumers end up paying twice for the same product."
The list of accidents, blade failures (throwing debris over ½ mile), fires (10X more than previous wind industry claims), and more, is updated quarterly at this website: http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/AccidentStatistics.htm.
This lengthy and growing list is evidence of why these giant, moving machines do not belong anywhere near where people live.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA - the wind industry’s lobbying group) admits that the life of IWTs is only 10 – 13 years (January, 2006, North American Wind Power) – substantiated by studies of these short-lived lemons.
Adding insult to injury, NYS’s wind factories have been averaging approximately 24% Capacity Factors (actual outputs) - many days providing nothing at all. Physicist, and Malone, NY Town Board member, Jack Sullivan figures that NY wind factories are not even producing enough power to pay for themselves over their short life-spans.
If IWTs were cars, they would have been correctly dubbed LEMONS and relegated to the junkyard a long time ago.
• Environmentally:
According to AWEA there are approximately 45,100 IWTs in the U.S. today. Most IWTs are remotely sited, far removed from urban centers where the power is needed. This necessitates the addition of a spider web of new transmission lines (at ratepayers’ expense), which exponentially adds to the needless bird deaths being caused by the IWTs themselves.
Studies show there are MILLIONS of birds and bats being slaughtered annually by these giant “Cuisinarts of the sky” (as a Sierra official dubbed wind turbines in a moment of candor), necessitating the passing of special 30-Year Eagle-KILL permits by President Obama for his favored wind industry.
Sprawling industrial wind factories cause massive habitat fragmentation, which is cited as one of the main reasons for species decline worldwide.
• Civilly:
The only thing that has ever been reliably generated by industrial wind is complete and utter civil discord. Neighbor is pitted against neighbor, and even family member against family member, totally dividing communities (already apparent in Orleans and Niagara counties). It is the job of good government to foresee and prevent this kind of civil discord, not to promote it.
Don't be a NIMBY! This partial list of the destructive NON-SOLUTION that is industrial wind energy is reason enough not to support the scam of industrial wind – no matter where it is sited.
Learn more at www.StopIllWind.org, www.WiseEnergy.org, and www.MasterResource.org
Mary Kay Barton
Silver Lake, Wyoming County
Posted on National Wind Watch:
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2016/01/08/no-matter-where-its-sited-industrial-wind-is-a-net-loser/
I am writing in regard to Gary Kent’s letter on Dec. 15 regarding the industrial wind issue currently plaguing the area. With all due respect to Mr. Kent, ‘green’ energy is NOT a partisan issue. Frankly, I do not know a single person (Republican, Democrat, Independent, or otherwise) who is not all FOR protecting our environment.
According to Mr. Kent’s reasoning, wind turbines are OK sited elsewhere, blighting someone else's horizons – just not ours. Those who support this kind of ‘NIMBY’ (Not In My Back Yard) reasoning unintentionally give undue credibility to the scam of industrial wind.
Fact is: Industrial wind is a NET LOSER: economically, technically, environmentally, and civilly – no matter where it is sited. Let’s consider how.
• Economically:
New York State already has one of the highest electricity rates in the nation, in large part due to throwing $Billions of ratepayer dollars into the wind.
WHY destroy entire towns when just ONE (1) 450 MW gas-fired Combined Cycle Generating Unit, operating at a 60% Capacity Factor, located at New York City - where the power is needed in New York State (NYS), would provide more power than all of NYS’s installed wind factories combined, at about 1/4 of the capital costs -- and would have significantly reduced CO2 emissions and created far more jobs than all those wind factories – without all the negative civil, economic, environmental, human health and property value impacts that are a result of industrial wind factories, or all the additional transmission lines to New York City.
The Institute for Energy Research tallied the numbers and found that each wind job costs $11.45 million, plus more than four jobs lost elsewhere in the economy; and all while wind is subsidized over 52 times more than conventional fossil fuels on a unit of production basis.
Consider multi-Billionaire wind developer, Warren Buffett’s candid admission, “We get tax credits if we build ‘wind farms.’ That’s the only reason to build them. They don’t make sense without the tax credits.”
• Technically:
Due to the unreliable, erratic, and volatile nature of wind, industrial wind turbines (IWTs) provide virtually NO Capacity Value, or firm capacity (specified amounts of power on demand). Therefore, wind needs constant "shadow capacity" from our reliable, dispatchable generators - that is, if you want to be sure the lights will come on when you flick the switch. Thus, as Big Wind CEO, Patrick Jenevein candidly admitted, "Consumers end up paying twice for the same product."
The list of accidents, blade failures (throwing debris over ½ mile), fires (10X more than previous wind industry claims), and more, is updated quarterly at this website: http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/AccidentStatistics.htm.
This lengthy and growing list is evidence of why these giant, moving machines do not belong anywhere near where people live.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA - the wind industry’s lobbying group) admits that the life of IWTs is only 10 – 13 years (January, 2006, North American Wind Power) – substantiated by studies of these short-lived lemons.
Adding insult to injury, NYS’s wind factories have been averaging approximately 24% Capacity Factors (actual outputs) - many days providing nothing at all. Physicist, and Malone, NY Town Board member, Jack Sullivan figures that NY wind factories are not even producing enough power to pay for themselves over their short life-spans.
If IWTs were cars, they would have been correctly dubbed LEMONS and relegated to the junkyard a long time ago.
• Environmentally:
According to AWEA there are approximately 45,100 IWTs in the U.S. today. Most IWTs are remotely sited, far removed from urban centers where the power is needed. This necessitates the addition of a spider web of new transmission lines (at ratepayers’ expense), which exponentially adds to the needless bird deaths being caused by the IWTs themselves.
Studies show there are MILLIONS of birds and bats being slaughtered annually by these giant “Cuisinarts of the sky” (as a Sierra official dubbed wind turbines in a moment of candor), necessitating the passing of special 30-Year Eagle-KILL permits by President Obama for his favored wind industry.
Sprawling industrial wind factories cause massive habitat fragmentation, which is cited as one of the main reasons for species decline worldwide.
• Civilly:
The only thing that has ever been reliably generated by industrial wind is complete and utter civil discord. Neighbor is pitted against neighbor, and even family member against family member, totally dividing communities (already apparent in Orleans and Niagara counties). It is the job of good government to foresee and prevent this kind of civil discord, not to promote it.
Don't be a NIMBY! This partial list of the destructive NON-SOLUTION that is industrial wind energy is reason enough not to support the scam of industrial wind – no matter where it is sited.
Learn more at www.StopIllWind.org, www.WiseEnergy.org, and www.MasterResource.org
Mary Kay Barton
Silver Lake, Wyoming County
Posted on National Wind Watch:
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2016/01/08/no-matter-where-its-sited-industrial-wind-is-a-net-loser/
Mary Kay Barton is a retired New York State-certified Health Educator, a Cornell-certified Master Gardener, and a tireless advocate for scientifically-sound, affordable, and reliable electricity for all Americans. She has served over the past decade in local Water Quality organizations and enjoys gardening and birding in her National Wildlife Federation “Backyard Wildlife Habitat.”
NY’s Push for the
‘Unreliables’:
A Blatant Grab of
Taxpayer & Ratepayer Money
The 12/29/15 Batavia Daily News Editorial, Shining a light on solar energy, was a refreshing critique of unreliable, subsidy-dependent solar energy. However, deserving of correction is the opening
line of the editorial:
"When proposals
for wind turbines started showing up in Western New York, even those who
opposed them could at least see why a company would want to install the
turbines — this region gets plenty of wind."
You would think, after more than a decade of
dealing with the controversial wind issue in our area, that 'even those who support wind could see why a
company would want to install the turbines’ here -- and it's NOT how much wind we have, but rather...
New York
State has MANDATES for the 'unreliables' (ie: wind & solar), and is
offering very generous taxpayer and ratepayer-funded subsidies and incentives
that draw these rent-seeking corporate hucksters here.
The
‘green’ agenda being pushed by Albany (noted as the most corrupt government in
the nation) is NOT, nor has it ever been, about harvesting the wind or catching
the sun. As has been said by
countless NY officials and wind salesmen alike, "It's
all about the money!"
There are countless articles that have been
published in this newspaper over the past decade discussing the utter failure
that is industrial wind energy that could be referenced here. Unfortunately,
the Batavia Daily News erased the entire history of their on-line newspaper a couple
months ago when they redesigned their website.
If the history of the Batavia Daily News were
still available, people might be interested in reading the article the Batavia
Daily published when 'First Wind LLC' (now Sun Edison) pulled out of Attica, NY
(which borders the existing 5 wind factory towns here in Wyoming County). First
Wind officials reported they were leaving the area because ‘there is NOT sufficient wind here.’
As all of those who have opposed the
industrialization of our beautiful rural countrysides with wind factories have
known from the start – because we took the time to research the
issue – most of western New York State is listed as a “2” on a scale of 1 – 7
on the Dept. of Energy’s wind resource map. Furthermore, easily accessible
information exposes the utter inefficiency of the destructive, sprawling mess
that is industrial wind – which decries any claims of ‘good winds’ here.
As cited within the pages of this newspaper
time and time again - industrial wind provides NO firm capacity, and therefore
can NOT provide reliable, dispatchable baseload power. Thus, wind can NOT replace
conventional sources that do.
New
York State wind factories have been averaging pathetic 24% Capacity Factors
(actual outputs) - many days providing nothing at all. Physicist, and Malone,
NY town board member, Jack Sullivan has reported on the fact that NY’s wind
factories are NOT even producing enough power to pay for themselves over their
brief 10 – 20 year lifespans.
There were also many articles discussing the
fact that the ONLY reason Invenergy went ahead with the Orangeville project was
because taxpayer-funded wind welfare (Wind PTC – aka: Pork-To-Cronies) was extended
in the 2012 Fiscal Cliff Deal. (Ironically,
this seems to be exactly what the Batavia Daily News is worried about regarding
the push for solar.)
The list could go
on, but what it boils down to is this:
The fact that these
financially-motivated corporations would build solar projects where there is
little sun, and/or destructive wind factories where there is ‘marginal’ wind,
effectively exposes the whole wind/solar scam for what it is:
A BLATANT GRAB OF
TAXPAYER & RATEPAYER FUNDS!
More on solar here:
Mary Kay Barton
Mary Kay Barton is a retired New York
State-certified Health Educator, a Cornell-certified Master Gardener, and a
tireless advocate for scientifically-sound, affordable, and reliable
electricity for all Americans. She has served over the past decade in local
Water Quality organizations and enjoys gardening and birding in her National
Wildlife Federation “Backyard Wildlife Habitat.”
Skeptical Climate Documentary Set to Rock UN Climate Summit – ‘Climate Hustle’ To Have Red Carpet Premiere in Paris
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The New ‘Consensus’: 97 Percent Of Americans Aren’t Worried About Global Warming
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Obama’s climate agenda doesn’t seem to be gaining traction with Americans despite increased efforts to tie global warming to extreme weather, public health concerns and national security.
Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer spent $73 million during the 2014 election cycle backing liberal candidates and trying to make global warming a top tier issue in campaigns — but with little success it would seem.
Negative Realities
of the ‘Clean Power Plan’
New York State Attorney General,
Eric Schneiderman, claims that President Obama’s ‘Clean
Power Plan’ is making a difference here in New York State. It certainly is,
but it has been a NEGATIVE impact!
The
destruction
of rural America is ongoing thanks to those -- like NY AG Schneiderman and
Governor Andrew Cuomo -- who continue to push ‘unreliables’ like industrial
wind energy as a fantasy-cure for the alleged problem of “Climate
Change.”
$Trillions have
been spent on ‘renewables’ worldwide, yet carbon dioxide has not been
significantly reduced, while rural America is paying the ultimate price. Our
countrysides, wildlife, and Constitutional private property rights are
being sacrificed on the altar of “Green” energy … for no net benefit.
Sadly, the mad rush
for unreliable, non-dispatchable 'renewables'
is taking New York State - and the nation, down the same path that has caused
"skyrocketing" electricity rates in Europe over the past 20+ years,
which has led to widespread 'Energy
Poverty' (defined by power
bills exceeding 10% of a household's income). Energy Poverty has been blamed for
causing tens of thousands of deaths annually.
One would think that
emulating such destructive energy policies would be off the table here in the
U.S. However, when greed and ideology are the main drivers, denial of
long-term reality occurs.
Wyoming County in western New York
State (where we live) was originally slated to have over 2,000 industrial wind
turbines littering its beautiful countrysides. Thanks to many good people getting involved, thus far there
are only 308 (308 too many!) industrial wind turbines littering five townships on the west side
of the Warsaw Valley here in Wyoming County (which negatively impact all those
for miles around).
Instead of focusing on long-term
realities for all ratepayers and taxpayers (the ones who are funding this
consumer FRAUD), officials have focused solely on the recycled
taxpayer and ratepayer money payoffs that large landowners and targeted townships
are promised they will receive from Big Wind developers. The Wyoming County Townships who chose to turn themselves
into sprawling industrial wind factories may not have to pay any town tax for
the 10 – 20 year life of the project (usually a couple hundred bucks a year,
per household), but the costs we’ve been left dealing with, far outweigh any
short-term payoff.
Consider:
1.) Wyoming
County taxes have risen
yearly over the past 12 years (concurrent
with the proliferation of wind factories in the County) - up another 9.68% this
year.
2.) Wind
factories are NOT paying their fair share of taxes, but instead "shift
the burden of taxation on to local residents and small businesses."
3.) Real Estate 101: LOCATION!
LOCATION! LOCATION! Property values are significantly
negatively-impacted. Many homes are
selling below assessed value, if they sell at all. (Three more properties in
the area of the wind factories are going to auction this week (11/7/15).
4.) The
Town of Eagle, which has a wind project, was reassessed to what they were told
was 100% just last year (2014), and had their assessments jacked up another 40%
again this year (2015).
5.) Few -
if any, meaningful permanent jobs were created here (maybe a few dead bird/bat
picker-uppers). Western and
Upstate New York continue to hemorrhage jobs as high taxes and electric rates
continue to drive business, industry and people out of the state.
6.) The population
of Wyoming County has decreased by 2.2% since 2010 as people flee the area.
7.) Nobody is getting
"free" or reduced rate electricity here. In fact, NYS electricity rates continue to "skyrocket" as
$Billions more of our taxpayer and ratepayer dollars are thrown into the
wind.
According to NYSERDA,
the average NYS residential electricity rate in 1999 was 13.3 cents per
kilowatt hour (kWh). The first wind factories went up in New York State in
2000 (Wethersfield & Madison). 20 wind factories later, and the
average residential electricity rate in NYS as of February, 2015, is now 19.8
cents per kWh (according to the EIA, as cited by NYSERDA) – one of the highest
rates in the nation, and nearly a 50% increase since New York State began
mindlessly plastering the NYS countryside with redundant generation of industrial
wind factories, which have been averaging a pathetic 24% Capacity Factor
(actual output).
Noteworthy: New York State was already getting nearly 50% of its
electricity from emissions-free sources back in 2000 - 29% from nuclear, 19%
from hydro, and about 1% from all other renewable sources. 15 years later, with countless
$Billions of taxpayer and ratepayer dollars thrown into the wind, and the
breakdown is now: 30% from
nuclear, 23% from hydro, and approximately 3% from all other renewables (wood,
biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, etc).
Natural
gas is now providing the largest percentage of NYS electricity generation
(approximately 40%), while coal is approximately 2% of electric generation in
NY.
8.) The
only thing that has been reliably generated by industrial wind is complete and
utter civil discord. Community
relations have been ruined. People who used to be friends no longer speak. Even
families have been divided.
9.)
Habitat Fragmentation associated with the miles and miles of industrial sprawl
and access roads associated with wind factories has forever destroyed “the
sense of place” Wyoming County was famous for, and is cited as one of the main
reasons for species decline worldwide.
10.)
Negative impacts from wind turbine-related ‘infrasound’ have been documented
worldwide. The mental and physical stress this places on those stuck
living too close worsens after prolonged exposure and increased loss of proper
sleep. (Observation: Murder,
suicide, domestic violence, health issues, etc, have seemingly increased in
correlation with the installation of wind factories, though no studies have been
done.)
11.) Lawsuits
persist.
12.) Radar
systems are severely impacted, thus impacting Homeland Security. Since it wasn’t in Invenergy’s contract
to cover it, Wyoming County residents are stuck paying for a new Emergency Communications
tower (costing an untold amount) after the one we had no longer works
adequately following the construction of Invenergy's Orangeville wind factory
in 2013 (Another county-wide impact, as the new tower sits unfinished).
13.) The
“flicker”/strobe effect created when the sun is behind the turbines, and the
blinking red lights at night drive some crazy. The light
pollution in our night sky now looks like a cheap blinking Christmas tree
spread out for miles.
14.) All
of the environmental,
economic and civil devastation has been for naught, since the diffuse
energy of wind cannot replace reliable, dispatchable, baseload generation
sources. Thus, consumers are paying
twice for the redundancy of wind.
The cost of the transmission lines that must be added to run across New
York State to New York City (where the power is actually needed in New York
State) is also significantly adding to New York State ratepayers’ electric
bills.
15.) It
remains to be seen who will take these giant fans down
once they are defunct. According to a prominent wind industry attorney, should
the corporations abandon a project – whatever the reason, “The landowner will be liable.”
For more on the reality of industrial wind in
New York State over the past 15 years, see the history as documented in this
partial list of articles:
New
York State Windpower: Enough Business/Government Cronyism
Local Wind Subsidies: New York State's Money-Road to Nowhere
Local Wind Subsidies: New York State's Money-Road to Nowhere
Critical
Thinking vs. 'standing firm' (Regarding local 8th graders being given a
'science' lesson by wind salespeople at a local wind factory.)
Learn more at:
~ Mary Kay Barton
Lisa Linowes of Industrial Wind Action offers update regarding Congressional action on the federal subsidy for industrial wind Production Tax Credit (Thanks Lisa!)
Hi Folks. I’m long overdue in sending out this update re: the Wind PTC and what’s happening in Washington.
Where things stand: As
you know, the wind PTC expired December 2014. Due to the “begin
construction” language in the law and the overly lenient IRS rules that
interpret Congress’ intent, projects can still squeak by as PTC eligible
even if they have not yet turned a pebble of earth provided they are
placed in service by the end of 2016. The wind industry is quickly
losing its window for starting projects which explains why the pressure
is building.
Last
summer, Senate Finance voted out of Committee a $95 billion tax extender
bill that included a 2-year extension of the wind PTC (2015,2016). The
PTC was the 3rd most expensiveprovision in the bill at $10.5 billion. In October, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) submitted a bill to end the wind PTC. On the house side, the PTC Elimination Act offered by Congressmen Marchant and Pompeo (H.R. 1901) is still pending and new cosponsors have signed on every month since the bill was introduced. These different bills will need to be reconciled.
Last month, Speaker
John Boehner handed the gavel to Paul Ryan (R-WI). Ryan was chair of
the powerful House Ways & Means Committee. When he ran on the Romney
ticket in 2012, he agreed with Romney that the wind PTC should expire . He still might support a phase-out so we’ll be watching. News from today is that Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) has been named the new W&M chair. The renewables industry is suggesting they can work with Brady, but so can we! Info on Brady can be found here - http://kevinbrady.house.gov/ . Brady will be a key voice in how the House deals with energy tax policy.
Next steps: It’s
time to start beating the drum against any extension of the wind PTC.
We need to call on our representatives, and the entire House leadership – with special focus on Rep Brady -- to walk the walk on fiscal issues. We can’t afford any more billions to “spur” wind growth. With the DOE touting wind as competitive with (or under) the price of gas, there is no justification for further subsidies. The 1992 tax credit had done its job and It’s now over!
Next week
House members will be home in their districts. Please, please take every
opportunity to attend a town hall meeting or (low cost) fund raiser.
Stand up and ask your representatives where they stand on the PTC. Let
everyone know that the PTC is toxic and will not win votes. Call the
district offices to get an events schedule. (If you need assistance, let
me know).
Demand a standalone vote: There’s
one more important ‘ask’. The wind PTC has rarely been put forward in
the House or Senate as a standalone vote. The last time this happened
was in 2012 and Senator Menendez’s amendment to the Transportation Bill. It failed. If the Senate and/or House insist on considering the wind PTC we want a standalone vote.
That way we can know who in Congress is with us and who’s against us.
We also don’t want big wind to gain a boost from other more beneficial
tax credits seen as “must pass”.
Thanks
everyone for all your efforts! There have been impacting developments
across the country that suggest the wind industry is quickly falling out
of favor. Keep up the great work! You are all making the difference. As
always, if I can be of any assistance, do not hesitate. Meanwhile, I’ll
keep you posted on the PTC and our next steps.
Best,
--Lisa
www.WindAction.org
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