In the debate over “green jobs,” one of the most damning pieces of evidence was a blockbuster March 2009 study [.pdf] by researchers at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid. The study—whose lead author, Gabriel Calzada Álvarez, has a Ph.D. in economics and teaches Environmental Economics—agreed with President Obama and others who single out Spain [...]

The propaganda blitz over the virtues of “green energy” is still running strong. The pressure group “Green For All” recently commissioned a study by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). The study is titled, “Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States.” Unfortunately, the new study’s arguments [...]

Today Congressional Democrats unveiled $825 billion in spending and tax cuts intended to stimulate the economy.

Rep. Obey’s Summary of the Bill

Text of the “Green Jobs” Stimulus Bill
Discussion Draft of the Bill Report

The bill is partially based on studies which purport to show large numbers of jobs created by government spending on “green technology” such as [...]

The term “green job” has been invented to describe the type of workforce needed to build a new government-funded national “alternative” energy infrastructure. Proponents of “green jobs” say that by spending taxpayer money on energy sources like wind and solar, the government can create millions of new jobs in the process. But according to the [...]