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Clean Energy Can Drive America's Economic Recovery

The BriefGet Up To Speed

To drag our economy out of the biggest crisis since the Great Depression, America needs another moon shot. Can the investment of billions into the clean energy sector trigger the creation of millions of jobs and innovation? Or would we simply be pumping dollars into the myth of a green economy?

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For the Motion
Grow Green Jobs
Monday, July 12, 2010
Nancy Folbre
Can the Green Economy Survive in a Policy Vacuum?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Heather King
Rethinking the Economic Recovery: A Global Green New Deal
Friday, April 1, 2016
Edward B. Barbier
Cutting the Cost of Clean Energy 1.0
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Bracken Hendricks
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Robert Pollin
Against the Motion
The Myth of Green Energy Jobs: The European Experience
Monday, February 1, 2016
Kenneth P. Green
Green Smoke Screen
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Bjørn Lomborg
Why Green Energy Can't Power a Job Engine
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Edward L. Glaeser
Green Jobs Aren't Renewable Energy's Value Proposition
Friday, October 29, 2010
Geoffrey Styles
Renewable Energy Cannot Drive the Recovery
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Samuel Sherraden
Green Jobs: Environmental Red Tape Cancels Out Job Creation
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Ben Lieberman
Green Jobs Myths
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Andrew P. Morriss
Renewable Energy Future
A Path to Sustainable Energy
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Mark Z. Jacobsen
Natural Gas and Renewables: A Secure Low Carbon Future Energy Plan for the United States
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Mark Fulton
Role of Government
The Elusive Green Economy
Monday, August 1, 2016
Joshua Green
Energy Priorities for the 112th Congress
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Sen. Jeff Bingamen
Frustration on Senate's Failure to Act on Energy Policy May Pave Way for ‘Clean Energy Standard'
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Katie Howell
When Green Energy Grants Run Out, Will a ‘Green Bank' Take Over?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Peter Behr
Innovate First, Regulate Later
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Michael Shellenger
Climate Next
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
David Roberts
Clean Energy Jobs CAN Be Shipped Overseas (And What To Do about It)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Jesse Jenkins
Green Jobs for Janitors: How Neoliberals and Green Keynesians Wrecked Obama's Promise of a Clean Energy Economy
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Michael Shellenberger
Where's the Clean Energy?
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Robert S. Eshelman
Recovery Act Projects
Energy Firms Aided by U.S. Find Backers
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Matthew L. Wald
100 Recovery Act Projects That Are Changing America
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The White House
China
Books Clean Tech Shows Biggest Investments in 2010
Monday, January 17, 2011
Today’s Energy Solutions
Tilting at Wind Turbines
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Michael Levi
Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Issues in Science and Technology
US-Chinese Ties: Clashing Interests in Energy, Economy Despite Pledges to Cooperate
Monday, January 17, 2011
Joe McDonald
U.S. Energy Information Administration
How Dependent Are We on Foreign Oil?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Energy in Brief
What is the Role of Coal in the United States?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Energy in Brief
What Is Shale Gas and Why Is It Important?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Energy in Brief
Renewable Energy Explained
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Energy Explained October 1
How Much of Our Energy is Generated from Renewable Sources?
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Energy in Brief
What Is the Electric Power Grid, and What Are Some Challenges It Faces?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Energy in Brief
What Is the Status of the U.S. Nuclear Industry?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Energy in Brief
How Can We Compare or Add Up Our Energy Consumption?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Energy in Brief
What Are the Major Sources and Users of Energy in the United States?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Energy in Brief
Use of Energy in the United States Explained
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Energy Explained
Additional Government Resources
Renewable Energy Basics
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Articles on Energy Sources
Dirty Coal, Clean Future
Thursday, December 1, 2016
James Fallows
Shale Gas Will Rock the World
Monday, May 10, 2010
Amy Myers Jaffe
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Abrahm Lustgarten
EPA Wants to Look at Full Lifecycle of Fracking in New Study
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Nicholas Kusnetz
Study Suggests Wind Power Potential is Much Higher Than Current Estimates
Thursday, July 16, 2009
John Lorinc
Gulf Coast Wind Farms Spring Up, as Do Worries
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Kate Galbraith
Vestas to Close Five Wind Turbine Plants
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Alex Hawkes
How the Smart Grid May Solve Solar's Cost and Control Problems
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Sid Singh
How to Make 25% of the World's Electricity from Solar Energy by 2050
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Zachary Shahan
10% of Energy from Solar by 2030
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Zachary Shahan
Upton Backs Nuclear Power, Seeks Speedier Plant Action
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Jim Snyder
Nuclear Energy: Balancing Benefits and Risks
Friday, April 1, 2016
Charles D. Ferguson
Big Oil's Lust for Tax Loopholes
Monday, January 31, 2011
Daniel J. Weiss
Rare-Earth Minerals
Replacing Oil Addiction with Metals Dependence?
Friday, October 1, 2010
Catherine Ngai
Concern as China Clamps Down on Rare Earth Exports
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Cahal Milmo
Related Links
Retrained for Green Jobs, but Still Waiting on Work
Monday, November 22, 2010
Michael A. Fletcher
Soaking Up the Sun to Squeeze Bills to Zero
Monday, February 14, 2011
Kirk Johnson
In New N.Y.U. Plant, a Collateral Carbon Benefit
Friday, January 21, 2011
Matthew L. Wald
Remember the ‘Green Economy?'
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Damian Kahya
Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Pew Charitable Trusts
Spain and Portugal Lead the Way on Renewable Energy Transformation
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tam Hunt