“Green” Deserters

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Anybody see a [positive correlation between CO2 emissions reductions and subsequent economic ruin] after Kyoto?

http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2012/05/anybody-see-trend-change-after-kyoto.html

[For those who don’t know, the (mostly European) countries on that chart which signed the Kyoto Protocol (mandating lower CO2 emissions) are (mostly) the same countries experiencing dire economic slowdowns now.]

[Hmm…]

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Bang Go Europe’s Green Subsidies

http://www.thegwpf.org/international-news/4855-bang-go-europes-green-subsidies.html

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Green Fade-Out: Europe to Ditch Climate Protection Goals

The EU’s reputation as a model of environmental responsibility may soon be history. The European Commission wants to forgo ambitious climate protection goals and pave the way for fracking

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-commission-move-away-from-climate-protection-goals-a-943664.html

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Learning from Others’ Mistakes:

What Europe’s Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies can Teach [US]

http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2012-02-PP03-LearningFromOthersMistakes-ACEE-JosiahNeeley.pdf

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“European Union announced Monday it will delay a plan to charge foreign airlines for ‘greenhouse gases’ emitted during flights to and from European airspace…”

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/europe-suspends-unilateral-airline-carbon-fee-scheme-awaits-global-deal

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Germany:

‘Think about What’s Happening in Countries like Germany . . . ‘

http://www.nationalreview.com/planet-gore/244353/think-about-whats-happening-countries-germany-chris-horner

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“Solar stocks plunged around the world after Germany, the largest market for panels, said it will make quicker cuts to subsidized rates and phase out support for the industry by 2017.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-20/solar-stocks-plunge-worldwide-as-germany-accelerates-rate-cuts.html

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Goodnight Sunshine

Germany is cutting solar-power subsidies because they are expensive and inefficient.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/project_syndicate/2012/02/why_germany_is_phasing_out_its_solar_power_subsidies_.html

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“Price increases of around 15 percent for electricity and gas in the past two years [in Germany] have made energy for many households unaffordable.”

http://junkscience.com/2012/02/23/green-germany-half-a-million-families-sitting-in-the-dark/

[For those who don’t know the details on why this has happened in Germany, go here and here .]

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Germany Singing A Requiem For Its Solar Industry – “Not A Single Company In The Black…. Industry Will Disappear Within 5 Years”

http://notrickszone.com/2012/03/22/germany-singing-a-requiem-for-its-solar-industry-not-a-single-company-in-the-black-industry-will-disappear-within-5-years/

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Europe’s green energy nightmare could haunt the US

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/22/europes-green-energy-nightmare-could-haunt-the-u-s/?print=1

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“… the recent string of colossal GBLG failures in the “green” technology sector is downright appalling, especially since no residual value now exists in products no longer being produced or competitively marketed for a market that, for all intents and purposes, does not exist — except in the collective fantasies of the “green” technology enthusiasts.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/cant_we_just_stick_with_what_works_for_the_time_being.html

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Google quits plans to make cheap renewable energy

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/23/google-idUSN1E7AL1X520111123

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BP Exits the Solar Industry

http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/286371

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Green Mass Extinction

http://www.thegwpf.org/energy-news/4623-green-mass-extinction.html

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