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Senator Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat, is calling on the Obama administration to block the use of stimulus funds for a utility-scale wind farm in West Texas that would make use of turbines manufactured largely in China. Full Article at The New York Times
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* Schumer wants U.S.-made wind turbines used * Cielo: Project would benefit rural areas, US contractors (Adds Cielo statement, details) WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer called on the Obama administration on Thursday to block... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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tool goes here WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate... Full Article at Centre Daily Times
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Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Full Article at The Washington Post
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One of the many reasons we had the financial collapse that we had is because China manipulated its currency
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I'm all for investing in clean energy, but we should be investing in the United States, not China ... While the project is anticipated to generate as many as 3,000 jobs in Shenyang, China ... its job impact in the United States would be roughly one-tenth that amount.
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China is fast emerging as one of our main rivals in the race to build the technology that can help us achieve energy independence ... We should not be giving China a head start in this race at our own country’s expense.
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The purpose of the (stimulus program) was to jump-start the economy to create and save jobs — American jobs ... Yet the Texas wind farm project would create an estimated 2,000-3,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs in China. ... American taxpayer dollars should not be used to finance those Chinese jobs.
