Editorial Board

Extend Wind-Power Tax Credit Now, So It Can Die Later

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Since U.S. President Barack Obama brought it up, repeatedly, last week during his campaign swing through Iowa, wind power has emerged as one of the most clear-cut issues of the political season.

Obama wants to the technology’s soon-to-expire federal production tax credit. Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent, wants to let the credit lapse.