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 [...]

Updated February 2nd, 2010 Download PDF (289KB) The Energy Information Administration (EIA) produces forecasts of energy supply and demand for the next 20 years using the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)[1]. These forecasts are updated annually and published in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO).[2] All sectors of the energy system are represented in NEMS, including [...]

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Download as PDF Energy makes modern society possible. It lights the night, heats our homes, powers our entertainment, and most importantly, it helps us conserve the ultimate non-renewable resource—time. Energy amplifies our ability to do work. Machines help autoworkers assemble cars, power tools help construction workers build our homes, gasoline-powered automobiles help us take care [...]

GREEN JOBS: Fact or Fiction? An Assessment of the Literature January 2009 By Robert Michaels and Robert P. Murphy Download as PDF Introduction and Executive Summary I. Green Recovery, Center for American Progress II. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy, Political Economy Research Institute III. Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy, Global [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 IER CEO: Obama Energy Plan Resurrects Malthusian ‘Limits to Growth,’ Enron ‘Green’ Energy Plays HOUSTON – History warns against the energy plan proposed by President-elect Barack Obama, according to a new book written by the CEO and founder of the [...]

Affordable Energy, Greater Access to Domestic Energy Resources Senator Barack Obama won the presidency last week, but voters, even in states where he handily won, voted down the very plans he favors with respect to energy policy.  President-elect Obama says he will require electric utilities to produce more electricity from renewable sources, wants to provide [...]

We have been hearing a lot lately about “green jobs,” which would be created largely by subsidizing politically correct energy sources like wind mills and solar panels. Senator Obama described his “green jobs” plan in a major address Monday: And I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2008 CONTACT: Elizabeth Ray (703) 683-5004 Ext. 130 IER Analyzes the Obama and McCain Energy Plans Washington, D.C. – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today issued a comprehensive analysis of the energy proposals outlined by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Drawn from information from the candidates themselves, [...]

Synopsis (104KB) Complete Analysis (60KB) The following comparison of Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s energy and environmental plans comes from the statements of their plans on their official web sites. The text first indicates what the respective plans say on each topic, and then provides IER’s analysis of each topic within the program. Table of [...]