From The Heritage Foundation:
The clear political failure of the Lieberman–Warner bill last spring shows that support for global–warming legislation wanes considerably when the extraordinary costs are compared to the almost insignificant benefits.[1] In response, those pushing restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2) have tried to repackage global–warming legislation as jobs bills.
Interesting article on the negative impact [...]
From The New York Times:
Except that Mr. Versendaal has a new factory job, at a plant here that makes blades for turbines that turn wind into electricity. Across the road, in the old Maytag factory, another company is building concrete towers to support the massive turbines. Together, the two plants are expected to employ nearly [...]
CNBC reports:
Obama told Time Magazine this month that with the economy flagging he wanted to launch an “Apollo project” to build an alternative energy economy.
Because “there is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy,” he said. “That’s going to be my No. 1 priority when I [...]