Tax reform debate: implications for hydro

Journal Article · · Hydro Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5924582

Goodwin, L

In recent months, there have been several measures introduced on Capitol Hill which address the controversial issue of tax reform. With debate on the matter still simmering, in late 1984, the US Treasury Department offered its own proposal for tax reform. Although the proposal lessens the tax burden for certain sectors of the economy, it poses some critical financial threats to others. The implications of the tax reforms. Because this risk is expressed in projections based on scientific findings that are often ambiguous, environmental policymakers are pressed to find ways to manage risks that are still inadequately understood. Ruckleshaus argues that effective environmental risk management requires that government agencies be allowed to set priorities and have greater flexibility to resolve problems in a local context, with local public participation. Hydropower has been in use for a long time, but the industry is still open to innovative applications for the technology. How one Rocky Mountain city is attempting to capture power from its municipal water system is described.

• Research Organization: Wickwire, Gavin and Gibbs, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5924582
• Journal Information: Hydro Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydro Rev.; (United States) Vol. 4:1; ISSN HYREE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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TAX CREDITS
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