{"id":13165,"date":"2012-08-18T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=13165"},"modified":"2012-08-18T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T21:52:17","slug":"liberals-like-green-energy-and-republicans-hate-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/liberals-like-green-energy-and-republicans-hate-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals like &quot;green energy&quot; and Republicans hate it.  Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not so fast &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>85% of Americans want more funding for research renewable energy such as wind power.<\/li>\n<li>In Iowa, a state leading in wind energy production, 85% of voters view tax credits for wind production as positive.<\/li>\n<li>Also in Iowa, 57% of all voters would oppose a presidential candidate who wanted to end tax credits for wind energy, and 41% of GOP voters would oppose a Republican candidate who wanted to end tax credits for wind energy.<\/li>\n<li>During Romney&#8217;s overseas trip, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/washwire\/2012\/07\/31\/romneys-wind-stance-raises-iowa-risks\/\">his campaign announced<\/a> that &#8220;He will allow the wind credit to expire, end the stimulus boondoggles, and create a level playing field on which all sources of energy can compete on their merits.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2012\/08\/17\/705921\/republican-senator-on-romneys-anti-wind-position-it-was-like-a-knife-in-my-back\/\">Republican Senator On Romney\u2019s Anti-Wind Position: It Was \u2018Like A Knife In My Back\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eagle.gmu.edu\/newsroom\/797\/\">Poll: Americans Support Strong Climate, Energy Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/election\/2012\/08\/08\/655231\/in-iowa-romney-blows-past-his-record-on-wind-energy\/\">In Iowa, Romney Blows Past His Record On Wind Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/burns-haberman\/2012\/07\/poll-shows-wind-energy-issue-resonates-in-iowa-130570.html\">Poll shows wind energy issue resonates in Iowa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dannyakright\/6020971676\/sizes\/l\/\">dannyakright<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not so fast &#8230; 85% of Americans want more funding for research renewable energy such as wind power. In Iowa, a state leading in wind energy production, 85% of voters view tax credits for wind production as positive. Also in Iowa, 57% of all voters would oppose a presidential candidate who wanted to end tax &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/liberals-like-green-energy-and-republicans-hate-it-right\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Liberals like &quot;green energy&quot; and Republicans hate it.  Right?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1202],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-3ql","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}