Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Senate adds tax incentives to bailout bill U.S. senators on Wednesday modified a Wall Street bailout plan by adding tax breaks for solar, wind and other renewable energy to appease representatives in the House who had defeated the original plan Monday. The modified plan extends the renewable energy production tax credit and the solar energy and fuel cell investment tax credit for eight years. It also expands the residential energy-efficient property credit to include small wind equipment and geothermal heat pumps. The bill provides tax incentives for carbon capture, energy-efficient buildings and the purchase of plug-in hybrid vehicles. House Republican leaders said the new elements in the plan would appeal to their rank-and- file....
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