Paris’ famed Moulin Rouge cabaret got its red windmill back on Friday during a special ceremony that featured can-can dancing on the plaza outside. The mill’s huge sails, an emblem of the surrounding Montmartre neighbourhood, collapsed after a show earlier this year. Part of the cabaret’s illuminated sign also crashed to the ground as a […]
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Senate Energy Committee OKs bill to raise property tax on windmills; negotiations to come
Jan. 23—MORGANTOWN — The Senate Energy Committee passed a bill on Tuesday that would raise the tax on windmills—with the understanding that the current version isn’t the final word on the issue. Wind turbines and towers are currently considered pollution-control facilities and taxed as personal property at salvage value—5 % of the original cost based […]