Wind Energy Jobs, PTC Surface At Second Presidential Debate

The first presidential debate came and went without mention of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) and hardly any discussion of renewables. The story was quite different, however, at the second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, held Tuesday night at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. In fact, energy was arguably one of the most contentious issues of the night, and sparked heated disputes between the two candidates, who traded jabs on policies that - as described Tuesday night - did not differ all that much. Obama has said he favors an "all of the above" energy approach, including oil, gas, wind, solar and biofuels - a position he stated in the first presidential debate and reiterated Tuesday night. “We’ve got to control our own energy, you know - not only oil and natural gas, which we’ve been investing in - ...

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