Legislators' failure to renew a tax credit for the wind power industry means trouble for a once promising environmentally friendly growth sector. The wind power industry is predicting massive layoffs and stalled or abandoned projects after a deal to renew a tax credit failed Thursday in Washington. The move is expected to have major ramifications in states such as Illinois, where 13,892 megawatts of wind projects...

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