{"id":116572,"date":"2017-02-20T14:43:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116572"},"modified":"2017-02-20T14:43:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:43:35","slug":"sen-bill-would-halt-wind-generation-projects-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116572","title":{"rendered":"Sen. bill would halt wind generation projects, 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_116258\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116258\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116258\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/brandenburgmike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/brandenburgmike.jpg 157w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/brandenburgmike-125x175.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Brandenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Senate is considering a proposal that would halt wind-generation projects in the state for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Dwight Cook is worried North Dakota&#8217;s burgeoning wind-energy industry may be threatening the state&#8217;s coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n<p>He says the state&#8217;s wind industry more enjoys favorable tax incentives and less onerous regulations than coal factories, putting them at an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Mike Brandenburg is one of the most pro-wind lawmakers in the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Senate proposal &#8220;sends a bad message&#8221; to industry and investors, and he fears the state could lose tax revenue and jobs to other states if the measure is approved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Senate is considering a proposal that would halt wind-generation projects in the state for two years. Republican Sen. Dwight Cook is worried North Dakota&#8217;s burgeoning wind-energy industry may be threatening the state&#8217;s coal-fired power plants. He says the state&#8217;s wind industry more enjoys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116573,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116572\/revisions\/116573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}