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Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 495 times
In the 70 years that have passed since Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "creative destruction," economists have struggled awkwardly with how to think about growth…
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Published 15 May 2012 | viewed 694 times
Coal use will rise an estimated 13.5 percent in Germany this year, resulting in at least 14 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide (CO2)…
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Published 27 April 2012 | viewed 661 times
Over the last five years, the world's largest nations collectively engaged in a massive policy experiment: what happens when governments triple the historic rate of…
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Published 09 February 2012 | viewed 3,056 times
In September of 1982, a group of scholars met in Stockholm intending to reform -- even to revolutionize -- the study of economics. The new…
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Published 31 January 2012 | viewed 973 times
Obama's focus on energy innovation and the regulation of conventional pollutants, rather than climate science and carbon pricing, is part of a growing climate centrism…
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Published 05 January 2012 | viewed 1,169 times
A pair of new federal air pollution regulations could result in the closure of up to 67 aging, inefficient coal-fired power plants, simultaneously reducing both…
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Published 04 January 2012 | viewed 1,265 times
The technological revolution allowing for the cheap extraction of natural gas from shale occurred thanks to more than three decades of government subsidies for research,…
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Published 23 November 2011 | viewed 1,277 times
"The clean energy industry in the United States is indeed poised for crisis, as the bulk of the nation's major federal clean energy support programs…
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Published 20 November 2011 | viewed 781 times
Congressional investigators should prioritize clean energy commercialization solutions over political grandstanding and focus on identifying key lessons from the experience of the Loan Programs Office.…
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Published 17 November 2011 | viewed 228 times
In the wake of Solyndra's failure, pundits have latched on to a simple, compelling narrative: government can't do energy right.
From synfuels to solar panels…
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Published 12 October 2011 | viewed 902 times
One year ago, scholars from the American Enterprise Institute, Breakthrough Institute, and Brookings Institution called on Congress to reform energy subsidies so they specifically fund…
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Published 07 October 2011 | viewed 774 times
A new report on energy rebound published by the European Commission surveys the wide range of evidence and academic literature and concludes that rebound effects…
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Published 26 September 2011 | viewed 2,598 times
In the debate over climate legislation in 2009 and 2010, it was conventional wisdom that a price on carbon was the sine qua non of…
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Published 19 September 2011 | viewed 1,087 times
On Tuesday last week, the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC)--composed of industry titans like Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Bank of America Chairman Chad Holliday, and…
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Published 07 September 2011 | viewed 1,779 times
The failure of Solyndra, while unfortunate for the company, its investors and employees, is not an indictment of federal energy technology policy. Indeed, judged by…
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Published 24 August 2011 | viewed 155 times
President Obama's strategy for economic renewal through clean energy was flawed from the start, too over-reliant on cap and trade and public works programs to…
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Published 18 July 2011 | viewed 513 times
A new report provides detailed evidence that the clean economy is here. Keeping it here will require a national and regional policy framework for driving…
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Published 11 July 2011 | viewed 10,190 times
The global clean energy industry is set for a major crash. The reason is simple. Clean energy is still much more expensive and less reliable…
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Published 01 June 2011 | viewed 1,161 times
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden vowed that the country will lead the global clean energy revolution by harnessing its citizens' entrepreneurial spirit and innovative…
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Published 28 May 2011 | viewed 2,967 times
Last week, a commission appointed by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel recommended that the country shut down all of its nuclear plants by 2021 and instead…