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| Green energy jobs? Not from Obama's big government meddling |
| U.S. News & World Report |
The Obama administration and its congressional allies have been promising to usher in a green economy that will create millions of new green jobs. There's only one problem with all of the feel-good talk of creating green jobs: It makes no economic sense whatsoever, and where it has been tried most extensively, evidence shows that it's a job-destroying, economy-weakening fiasco. Read More...
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| New wind farms in the U.S. do not bring jobs |
| ABC News |
Despite all the talk of green jobs, the overwhelming majority of stimulus money spent on wind power has gone to foreign companies, according to a new report by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University's School of Communication in Washington, D.C Read More...
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| Imported from Asia: Ozone |
| ENN |
Ever wonder how the western U.S. has high ozone levels when the winds usually blow in off the Pacific Ocean? Did you think it was all from the cars clogging the freeways? Turns out, it is caused in part from emissions of ozone generating air pollutants from Asia. Read More...
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| Can we go 100% renewable? |
| BBC News |
The Copenhagen climate change talks will discuss how to capture the energy from such "renewable" sources. But the question remains: can renewable energy provide 100% of the energy needed to power the UK? Read More...
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| Opinion: Project will make coal clean, safe |
| The Tennessean. |
About 40 miles southwest of Fort Smith, Ark., lies the small hamlet of Shady Point, Okla. There, the local power plant removes carbon dioxide from the coal it burns, piping some to storage in depleted oil wells and selling some to beverage bottlers. A big breakthrough? No, they've done it for about 15 years. Read More...
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| Op-Ed: Energy myths and realities |
| World Energy Magazine |
Questar CEO Keith Rattie's thoughtful-provoking piece on energy policy, global warming and what it means for America’s energy future and for the young generation that will have to live with the consequences of the policy choices we make. Read More...
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| Nuclear chief says Obama shuns science |
| Washington Times |
Nuclear Energy Institute President Marvin Fertel said Wednesday that the Obama administration did not base its decision to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage site in Nevada on science, and therefore it is the federal government's obligation to find an alternative. Read More...
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