blog.heritage.org | Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the ranking Republican on the Appropriations subcommittee dealing with environmental issues. He is currently working to end subsidies for wind power, an energy source that he dubs "a scam." "We don't have the money" to continue the subsidies, Alexander told Heritage in our latest segment of In the Green Room. "It's a puny amount of electricity," he added, "and it's destroying the environment in the name of saving the environment." Alexander agreed that subsidies for other energy sectors should also be eliminated, but he stressed that renewable energy gets far more taxpayer support than its competitors in the fossil fuel and nuclear energy industries. "I think most people would be surprised to learn that Big Wind subsidies are even bigger than the subsidies that benefit oil directly," Alexander said, echoing a point that Heritage has repeatedly stressed.
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Alexander speaking NOW on possible Senate vote on wind production tax credit Power Engineering Magazine Lamar Alexander WASHINGTON - In a speech delivered today at the Heritage Foundation, US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called on Congress to end the production tax credit for wind power, which has been in place since 1992 and is set to expire at the ... and more » |
Alexander says subsidies for wind energy are a waste The Tennessean WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander is pushing his colleagues in Congress to blow away wind-energy subsidies this year. In a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation on Wednesday, Alexander said he wants Congress to “end the big-wind ... and more » |
Alexander: End Big Wind's big loophole The Tennessean We hear a lot of talk about federal subsidies for Big Oil. But let's focus on federal subsidies for Big Wind, which total $27 billion over 10 years — the amount of federal taxpayer dollars between 2007 and 2016 that taxpayers will have given to wind ... and more » |
Alexander: "It's Time to End Big Wind's Big Loophole" Marshall County Tribune 16) -- In a speech on the floor of the US Senate, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called on Congress to reject any efforts to "put in the payroll tax agreement a four-year extension of the so-called production tax credit," calling it "a big loophole for ... and more » |
Energy And Environment Update -- March 4, 2012 JD Supra (press release) The agency is already in the process of conducting a congressionally directed study on the impact of fracking on the water supply, and is expected to release several parts of the study by the end of the year. Appearing before the Senate Energy and ... and more » |
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