energy crisis

Federal tax credits that have sparked a boom in the wind and solar energy industry will die unless Congress acts to save them this week as part of the bailout.

A bill to renew federal tax credits for solar and wind energy has been stuck in Congress all year. That’s made business owners and employees in the industry uneasy.
But the credits may not be dead. Senate leaders decided to attach the renewable energy bill that prolongs the credits onto the $700-billion financial bailout package that [...]