Lead Economist for State Analysis Linked to Pro-Climate Law Campaign - NYTimes.com
Taxes drive gas prices to over $7 a gallon in UK, mass boycott coming soon — Autoblog
SAN FRANCISCO -- The chief economist [Larry Goulder, a professor at Stanford University] behind a recent state-sponsored report that found California's climate law would do little to upset the state economy is on the board of directors of a nonprofit group that has transferred money to a political campaign to defend the measure from those who want it suspended.[Insane] Earth Day Cartoons « Climate Progress
Taxes drive gas prices to over $7 a gallon in UK, mass boycott coming soon — Autoblog
Through the power of Facebook, up to a half a million drivers in the UK are expected to boycott gas next month shortly before the nation heads to the polls for a general election in which Prime Minister (PM) Gordon Brown is fighting stiff competition for the win.Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: What Climate Science?
Here is a thought experiment:Clean energy jobs can be shipped overseas (and what to do about it) | Grist
Can you imagine any discoveries or conclusions in climate science would indicate that accelerated decarbonization of the global economy does not make sense?
Answer: No
Politicians talking about clean energy jobs like to claim "they can't be shipped overseas." From President Obama's State of the Union to Rep. Ed Markey stumping for the climate bill he co-authored with Rep. Henry Waxman, the promise of new "green jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced" is an all too common refrain.
The only problem with it is that it's wrong on its face.
America is already exporting clean energy jobs -- or seeing them created abroad in the first place.
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