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Once again, leadership has taken a backseat to politics in Washington, D.C. Now, more than ever, we must have a national energy policy that takes a pragmatic view of what we need short-term and a visionary view of what we can achieve long-term. Instead, Democrats flounced out of town Aug. 1 for a five-week vacation while oil and gas prices fluctuated between tortuous and merely painful for average American families. And Republicans, who only recently put up their own energy bill, are playing the spurned lover at drama queen levels by hollering daily in the darkened House chambers for the Democrats to come back. One word: Sheesh! Meanwhile, a vitally important tax credit is being held hostage, which could have serious implications for the future of wind and solar energy in Kern County. The production tax credit for renewable energy is set to expire Dec. 31. Two bottled-up bills — one sponsored by Democrats, one by Republicans — contain an extension of this tax...
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