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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Obama's Bad Bet on Clean Energy

Obama's Bad Bet on Clean Energy

Chuck Lane, Washington Post
In blackjack, doubling down is a high-risk, high-reward move. If you think you can win, based on the first two cards dealt, you bet 100 percent more "” but you also pay for the privilege by agreeing to take one, and only one, additional card. . .
 

Greens Give Obama Wilting Enthusiasm

Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Environmentalists are furious at President Barack Obama — he failed on cap and trade, his energy message has turned into the more GOP-friendly “all of the above” and he’s all but done talking about global warming.But he’s racking up the endorsements anyway.
 

Politics and The Global Cleantech Shakeout

Geoff Styles, Energy Tribune
For all the enthusiastic comparisons of the cleantech sector to infotech or microelectronics that we've encountered in the last decade, one rarely employed analogy is turning out to be more apt than the rest: Cleantech seems just as capable as dot-coms and chip makers of undergoing an industry shakeout and consolidation at the same time it experiences growth rates that most other industries would envy. US and European solar firms continue to fall by the wayside, and this week saw the sale by the world's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, of one of its Danish plants...
 
 

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