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Senate GOP tax bill could crush wind and solar power, advocates say

Ottumwa Courier · last updated

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clean energy advocates were already bracing for a Republican-led bill that would phase out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers moved to dismantle the 2022 climate law passed by Democrats under former President Joe Biden.

But a proposal that emerged over the weekend was even more drastic than they thought.

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