Recognize some losses when your kid is a junior or senior in high school and you could wind up with breaks on both your income tax bills and your college bills.

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Tax breaks for wind, ethanol, solar and other nonoil sources popped up in 1992, expired in 1999 and were renewed only intermittently, most recently in 2005, when Congress voted a two-year extension.

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Romney would not renew the wind tax credit but he would keep those breaks provided to oil and gas.

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But even when the alternative is to burn fossil fuels, the wind game likely wouldn't exist without tax breaks.

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By early June the southwest monsoon breaks and there are three months of wind and water with short spells of sharp, glittering sunshine that thrilled children snatch to play with.

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Nevertheless, to help wind and solar reach their potential, the president would pay for their tax breaks by ending some incentives given to oil and gas.

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While equipment like wind turbines and solar panels are typically pricey, federal and state government agencies are offering business owners tax breaks for installing them.

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Shiona Baird, the Scottish Green Party's energy spokeswoman, is proposing a Holyrood bill to give householders and businesses council tax breaks and business rates rebates in return for installing renewable energy devices such as solar roofs and mini-wind turbines.

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