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Contrary to the Heritage Foundation’s “New” Analysis, Climate Legislation Will Not Devastate Farmers or Small Businesses

July 22, 2009

Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming

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ACES, capandtrade, cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, climatechange, co2mediaguide, debunk, economics, energy, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, fossilfuels, globalwarming, greeneconomy, greenjobs, heritagefoundation, waxmanmarkey

Recycling their flawed May 13th analysis, the Heritage Foundation just released a new memo criticizing the precedent-setting Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, HR. 2454). Par for the course, the Foundation gets it all wrong: an...continued

The Historical Record of Job Growth and Environmental Protection: A Convenient Truth for Climate Legislation

June 18, 2009

Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming

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capandtrade, chamberofcommerce, cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, climatechange, co2mediaguide, convenienttruth, debunk, economics, energy, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, environmental, fossilfuels, globalwarming, greeneconomy, greenjobs, heritagefoundation, history, jobsversusenvironment, nationalassociationofmanufacturers, opposition, regulation, tradeoffmyth, waxmanmarkey

Over three decades of experience with environmental regulation show that investments in environmental protection, coupled with GDP growth, led to an increase in jobs that were orders of magnitude larger than any job losses caused by environmental requirements. The dire...continued

A Heritage of Shame: The Heritage Foundation's Economic Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Bill

May 21, 2009

Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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capandtrade, cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, climatechange, co2mediaguide, debunk, economics, energy, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, fossilfuels, globalwarming, greeneconomy, greenjobs, heritagefoundation, waxmanmarkey

The Heritage Foundation's May 13, 2009 Web Memo "analysis" of the precedent-setting Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, HR. 2454), not surprisingly gets it all backwards. An engine of economic growth, job creation, energy security, and...continued

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Laurie Johnson
Chief Economist, Climate Center
Washington, DC
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