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Ed Markey: Yet, the Republican Majority is threatening to raise taxes on the wind industry this year, which would jeopardize those…

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
Yet, the Republican Majority is threatening to raise taxes on the wind industry this year, which would jeopardize those projects and many others, and could kill 37,000 clean energy jobs.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns about the negative impact of potential tax increases on the wind industry.

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