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Down To Earth archive for Oct. 7, 2009

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2009

Anatomy of a bill

When it comes to pouring over hundreds of pages of climate legislation, and breaking it all down, we leave it to the pros. Just as we did with the House's “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” (also known as the Waxman/Markey bill), we…

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The myth of green jobs

That’s what The Economist says of course. We don’t buy it. For instance, they don't share these figures--- how the renewable energy industry has added jobs at more than twice the national rate this decade. The half-baked commentary stems more from politicians pretending that everything…

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