Green Jobs? We’ll Pass on that Showcase » The Foundry

When it comes to green energy economies and green jobs, the price is wrong. When the price is right, the market will invest in alternative energy technologies without help or mandates from the government. But as it stands now, we’ll pass on that showcase.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Poll: Economy more important than health care, climate combined

If Democrats keep pressing on big-spending plans of greater government intervention, they’re going to lose the next election, and lose it big.

Remove the Green Filter And . . . - Frank Miniter - Planet Gore on National Review Online

So why do hunter-conservation groups want a seat at the table in Washington with greens — who, despite their posturing, seem not to understand how best to protect wildlife and the environment? I asked George Cooper, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, why they were entering the global-warming debate. He said, "We want to be certain some of the money spent on this issue goes to help wildlife." That's a pragmatic Beltway position; the downside, of course, is that left-wing journalists and environmental groups can claim they have support from what are seen as typically conservative groups. Articles such as this Reuters piece, then, are spin. Wanting a seat at the table is not an industry-wide endorsement of the green agenda — and certainly not an endorsement of the socialist's wet dream that is cap-and trade.

The Hidden, $120 Billion Cost of America’s Energy Mix - Environmental Capital - WSJ

America’s current energy mix carries a “hidden cost” of about $120 billion a year, the report found. And that number doesn’t include any tally for the cost of greenhouse-gas emissions or climate change—estimates for climate costs [are we sure that it's not a net benefit?] range from $1 to $100 a ton of carbon dioxide emissions, but are so variable the report didn’t quantify them.