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China Set Records in 2009. What’s in Store for 2010? Blog Natural Gas

In 2009, China surpassed Germany as the world’s biggest exporter, adding to the list of economic areas where it ranks number one. According to China’s customs agency, the country’s 2009 exports totaled more than $1.2 trillion. Germany’s foreign trade organization estimated that that country’s exports were $1.17 trillion for 2009. This is yet another sign of China’s rapid rise and of the movement of world economic power from West to…

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  • Published // January 21, 2010
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Proceed at Your Own Peril: New Study Critical of German “Green” Expe Green Jobs Wind

Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: The German Experience (PDF 358KB)
Washington, DC – Though proponents of so-called government-funded ‘green jobs’ often reference the ‘success’ European countries have enjoyed in their experiments with such regulations and mandates, a study released today in the United States sheds new light on Germany’s experience with renewable energy and heavy taxpayer subsidies. Entitled ‘Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: The…

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  • Published // October 19, 2009
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Study: The Other Half of Waxman-Markey: An Examination of the Non-Cap-And-Trade Cap and Trade

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The massive energy-regulating bill (H.R. 2454) the House of Representatives passed in June 2009 is now before the Senate. Though the cap-and trade program has received most of the media and public attention surrounding Waxman-Markey, the rest of the bill (at least 628 pages) could create economic harm just as great as cap-and-trade. Without cap-and-trade, H.R. 2454 might still be the…

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  • Published // October 12, 2009
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