‘Green’ jobs no longer golden in stimulus Environmental projects fail to live up to hype ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. By Patrice Hill– The Washington Times Thursday, September 9, 2010 Noticeably absent from President […]
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EDITORIAL: Europe’s light-bulb socialism Public rejects overseas fluorescent push By THE WASHINGTON TIMES– The Washington Times August 31, 2010 The government’s required switch from incandescent light bulbs to CFLs come with potential hazards: Improper disposal of the mercury-powered bulbs may pollute landfills and groundwater. Beginning today, it is a crime to manufacture or ship for
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 China Spooks Auto Makers Foreign Companies Fear New Rules on Electric Cars Will Erode Intellectual Property By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU BEIJING—China’s government is considering plans that could force foreign auto makers to hand over cutting-edge electric-vehicle technology to Chinese companies in exchange for access to the nation’s huge market, international auto executives say.
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AUGUST 23, 2010 Wind Power Won’t Cool Down the Planet Often enough it leads to higher carbon emissions. By ROBERT BRYCE The wind industry has achieved remarkable growth largely due to the claim that it will provide major reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. There’s just one problem: It’s not true. A slew of recent studies
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AUGUST 22, 2010 Political Reversal Down Under Running an explicitly conservative campaign, Australia’s Tony Abbott has denied Labor a governing majority. By MARY KISSEL Sydney In December the smart set in the big cities here thought the Liberal Party—Australia’s traditionally conservative party—had jumped off a cliff by electing Tony Abbott opposition leader. The Liberals, opined
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AUGUST 21, 2010 Talking Green in Yellowstone Government-subsidized solar panels generate cheap electricity at a high cost. By ROGER MEINERS Ever-smiling Joe Biden recently popped into Bozeman, Mont., in his carbon-spewing Boeing 757. He came by to give a talk in Yellowstone Park about green jobs, stimulus money, and the “recovery summer.” Let’s look at
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Fortune Underfoot Can Bolivia develop its mineral wealth—and undermine Hugo Chávez? BY Vanessa Neumann August 23, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 46 The stark white landscape of the Salar de Uyuni in the Potosí department of Bolivia is punctuated only by pink flamingos and salt pyramids being slowly shoveled
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AUGUST 17, 2010 Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist Meet the battery company that Obama visited yesterday. President Obama kicked off a five-state campaign swing yesterday with a stop at a “clean energy” plant in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. As it happens, Mr. Obama couldn’t have chosen a better company to demonstrate the risks that taxpayers are taking
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ACCOUNTING 101 It seems like a miracle that our leader was able to convince BP to establish a $20 billion slush (oops, escrow) fund to compensate those hurt by the ongoing oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico . After all, he had no constitutional power to force them to do so; so had to
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AUGUST 7, 2010 The World Drills On There’s no ban in Norway, Brazil, Australia, Canada . . With reason to hope that the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is being brought under control, it’s time to start thinking into the future. The Obama Administration is sticking by its ruinous deepwater drilling moratorium,
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