FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson 202.621.2951 Chris Tucker 202.346.8825 In España, Veritas: Pres. Clinton Concedes Spain’s Green Jobs Program “Has Cost Many Jobs” Former president channels Prof. Gabriel Calzada in delivering veiled rebuke of Obama’s Spanish-inspired green jobs plan Washington, DC – Spain’s decade-long program to subsidize the creation and continued [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2009 CONTACT: Chris Tucker (202) 527-0123 ICYMI: Spanish Professor Debunks Green Job Myths “We Found that [the green] jobs we are creating… are destroying jobs in other parts of the economy” CLICK HERE to watch video Professor Gabriel Calzada, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Fox News’ Glenn Beck Program May 4, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2009 CONTACT: Chris Tucker (202) 527-0123 Spanish Prof. Calzada Joins IER Economist Murphy, U.S. Professor Bogart, at Heritage Forum on “Green Jobs” MONDAY, MAY 4 – 1:00 pm, 214 Mass. Ave. NE, Wash DC Washington, D.C. – As the new administration continues to cite Spain as a model to be [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson 202.621.2951 Chris Tucker 202.346.8825 Running of the Bull: U.S. “Green Jobs” Rhetoric Runs Smack Dab Into Hard Lessons From Spain New Report Finds “Green Jobs” Spending Cost Spain Hundreds of Thousands of Real Jobs, Decades in Lost Opportunity WASHINGTON, DC – As evidence continues to mount [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: March 31, 2009 Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951 Road to Serfdom: Climate Bill Envisions Future with Less Energy, Fewer Jobs, Worse Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Institute for Energy Research president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today after the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee formally released a draft [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951 IER to Stimulus: We’re Watching You IER Unveils New Website to Monitor Taxpayer Return on Massive Government Spending Bill Washington, D.C. – Institute for Energy Research (IER) President Thomas J. Pyle today issued the following statement on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 Labor Unions Say “Green Jobs” Don’t Pay “Green Job” Subsidy Supporters Face Opposition from Traditional Allies Washington, D.C. –Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle released the following statement today marking “Green Jobs Advocacy Day” in Washington, an [...]

by Robert Murphy On February 3, 2009, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), in conjunction with union leaders and environmental groups, released their “Good Jobs First” report. Although advocates of a “green recovery” point to estimates that 456,000 green-collar jobs would be created by the stimulus package, the new Stabenow/Inslee report reveals [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 As House Begins Debate on “Green Jobs” Stimulus, IER Lists Top Five Problems With Plan Washington, DC – As members of the U.S. House of Representatives take up work this week on a massive, $825 billion stimulus plan premised on [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 More Questions Than Answers As House Committee Unveils Outline of “Green Jobs” Stimulus Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars spent on creating “green jobs” to renovate government buildings, weatherize houses – silent on economic stimulus that could be gained through [...]