solar power

During the first presidential debate, McCain said that “No one in Arizona is against solar” as he championed alternative energy development. But people in his home state say the senator has not been helpful in developing its most abundant resource — sunshine.

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 [...]