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(February 4, 2011) Next to a Western leader, Hosni Mubarak has a deplorable record on human rights. Next to just about any other Arab leader in the world today, the man is a teddy bear. Continue reading →

Few countries capture the imagination of wind power enthusiasts better than Denmark. Supporters of wind power simply point to the statistics, which paint the country as a model “green” economy where wind mills supply 20% of its electricity, while supporting a thriving industry that employs thousands of people.
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Two years ago, William Livingston and Matthew Penn of the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, in a controversial paper that contradicted conventional wisdom and upset global warming theorists, predicted that sunspots could more or less disappear after 2015, possibly indicating the onset of another Little Ice Age.
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Two academics from the same university stand on either side of the divide on whether wind farms have negative health effects. According to a recent report, the two professors—Dr. Bob McMurtry, dean of the medical school at the University of Western Ontario from 1992 to 1999 and Dr. David Colby, an associate professor and medical officer of health in Chatham-Kent—are likely to be witnesses on opposing sides in a potential landmark case in Ontario’s Edward County challenging the province’s ambitious and controversial Green Energy Act.
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The green economy is attracting a new type of investor: organized crime. According to the corporate investigations and security group, Kroll, Europe’s growing wind industry is being exploited by criminals looking for a share of the billions in subsidies on offer. They’re also using it to easily launder money.

Jason Wright, senior director of Kroll’s consulting group, says groups linked to the mafia have infiltrated the industry.
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Certifications ensuring that new homes and buildings are more environmentally-friendly and energy efficient do little in considering the health of their occupants, says a new report from Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting human health. Focusing on the U.S. Continue reading →

There appears to be a never-ending green light for policies supporting green jobs—which would be fine, if these jobs were real. Yet, a number of critics and private research have shown they are not. The latest example comes from Pennsylvania.

According to recent stories, the state could create as many as 129,000 green jobs if it simply increased its alternative-energy mandates.
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The lure of creating a thriving “green” economy has politicians around the world scrambling to push green policies through their legislatures. But a recent study from California says that the state will suffer job losses, higher-priced goods, lower business profits and reduced income if it goes ahead with its climate policies and other jurisdictions don’t follow suit.

For some industries and firms, the negative impacts from the policies could be significant.
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Question: Would you pay more than a million dollars for a job? Probably not. Let’s rephrase that question: would you spend more than a million dollars of someone else’s money for a job? If you’re a politician in Italy, the answer is a resounding yes.

According to researchers Carlo Stagnaro and Luciano Lavecchia from the Italian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, subsidies for wind and solar power projects in Italy will cost Italian consumers €566,000 (CAD 716,000) to €1.26 million (CAD 1.62 million) per green job.

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