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Article: SCHUMER: DON'T AID WIND FARM.(Business)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 6, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Thursday implored the Obama administration to withhold federal funds from a planned West Texas wind farm because it will rely on turbines manufactured in China.
Schumer, D-N.Y., said he was "furious" about the possibility that federal stimulus dollars could flow to the project, a collaboration involving Austin, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power, China's Shenyang Power Group and the private equity firm U.S. Renewable Energy Group.
"I'm all for investing in clean energy, but we should be investing in the United States -- not China," Schumer told reporters. "It's counterproductive to invest U.S. stimulus funds in Chinese ...