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Two news conferences to tout wind production tax credit

November 28, 2012 By O. Kay Henderson

Iowa Congressman Steve King talks about wind energy. Senator Chuck Grassley (right) listens.

Speakers at news conferences today in Washington, D.C. and Des Moines made three separate arguments for extending the wind energy production tax credit that’s set to expire December 31st.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley joined a group in D.C. that argued the wind industry employs “thousands” of veterans.

“This incentive for wind energy is working, obviously, by the amount of electricity we generate, the jobs that were created,” Grassley said.

Grassley also argued boosting the wind energy industry with this tax credit is connected to national security.

“As much energy as possible — both traditional and renewable — should be produced at home to create jobs and strengthen our national security,” Grassley said.

“It’s stupid to be importing as much oil as we do and spending as much as we do and shipping those dollars overseas to do harm, in some ways, to our national security.”

Back in Iowa, another group gathered at the statehouse to tout the environmental benefits of wind energy. Amelia Schoeneman is with “Environment Iowa.”

“It’s no surprise that wind power is good for our environment,” Schoeneman said. “But for the first time our report quantifies the global warming pollution avoided, as well as other health and environmental benefits.”

The “Environment Iowa” report concludes the state’s wind turbines annually “displace” the amount of pollution generated by nearly 1.1 million cars.

“Our message to congress today is clear: Don’t throw off wind power off the fiscal cliff,” Schoeneman said. “Our clean air, water and childrens’ future are too important to blow it now.”

Iowa gets about 20 percent of its electricity from wind turbines and — according to the Environment Iowa report — that means the state’s coal-fired energy plants aren’t releasing 7400 tons of soot into the air each year.

Photo courtesy of Congressman King’s office.

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Filed Under: Business, News, Outdoors, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Chuck Grassley, Democratic Party, Ethanol, Republican Party, Taxes, Utilities

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