PTC
Politico: Letter to the Editor
Operation Free Veteran Jon Gensler in Politico on what the production tax credit really means for America: I was disappointed to read Rep. Mike Pompeo’s Opinion article, “End Wind Energy Tax Credit” (POLITICO, Aug. 29), which misrepresents the production tax credit. This business tax credit has bipartisan support and allows developers to raise private capital [...]
Report from Tehachapi: Why Wind Power Means Jobs, Security
Last week I accompanied a group of veterans who are part of Operation Free on a trip to Tehachapi, CA, located just on the edge of the Mohave Desert in southern California, to learn about wind. There’s a lot of it in Tehachapi —a name that many believe comes from the Kawaiisu word tihachipia, which [...]
Romney’s Support is Gone With the Wind
The Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a bipartisan federal tax incentive rewarding companies for producing clean wind energy that has successfully created jobs, especially in Middle America. 5,000 jobs in Michigan alone depend on the PTC. Therein lies the problem for Governor Romney; whether or not they think clean energy is environmentally necessary, people [...]
Starfish and Congressmen: Making It Matter, One at a Time
I had the opportunity to meet with students at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, as part of the California Student Sustainability Convergence on behalf of Operation Free. The California Student Sustainability Coalition sponsored the event. The Coalition seeks to unite, connect, support, and empower students from across California to transform their educational institutions and communities [...]