Gosar defends solar tax incentives

The Arizona Republic

FLORENCE — U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar mopped his brow as he strolled past a line of upturned solar cells baking in the afternoon sun. The Republican congressman, a proponent of shrinking government spending, was nonetheless touting the benefits of federal tax incentives for renewable energy.

“I’ve always been and always will be a person that believes in an “˜all of the above’ energy policy,” Gosar said. “We have to look at all our energy policies so that we’re utilizing the best of solar, the best of geothermal, the best of wind, but also our carbon-based fuels.”