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Petition seeks lawmaker support for wind tax breaks

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By Lauren Swanson

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

4:15 PM CDT, October 15, 2012

(WICHITA, Kan.)

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A renewable energy advocacy group is circulating a petition, hoping to get four lawmakers to change their views on tax credits. The non-profit Climate and Energy Project is trying to gather 5,000 signatures.

The petition urges four Kansas Representatives, Tim Huelskamp, Mike Pompeo, Kevin Yoder and Lynn Jenkins, to support extending a tax credit for wind energy production.

The signature drive started after Siemens announced plans to lay off more than half of its workforce at its Hutchinson plant, according to a spokesperson for the Climate and Energy Project. Siemens cited the uncertain future of the tax credit when the layoffs were announced.