GOP Congress Helping China Kill America’s Green Energy Industry
Posted by Phoenix Woman on May 23, 2012
Not sure if this is mainly to please their dirty-energy industry friends, or because they might be getting money from overseas green-energy businesses, or some other combination of vectors, but this doesn’t reflect well on our GOP Congress:
According to Third Way, Congress’ view that private sector funding will be enough to create a vibrant new industry “ignores history.” It writes, “when the opportunities and/or risks are perceived to be in the national interest, the federal government has supported numerous industries and individual companies for centuries. As far back as 1789, the government imposed tariffs on coal imported from Great Britain in order to give domestic producers a competitive advantage in a developing domestic market.”
The report then points to the billions of dollars that the U.S. government has offered to oil, gas and nuclear companies, vastly greater than the level of support offered to renewables.
The full report is here.
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Charles II said
A post I was thinking of making, but was hoping you would do, is on the resignation of Gregory Jaczko of the Nuclear ::heh:: Regulatory Commission. The media has been pushing the line that he is a PITA. But the line that jumps out at me is this:
He has been the only voice among a commission of industry hacks to suggest caution. Now that he’s gone, even Katie can’t bar the door.
jo6pac said
Yep the rupugs and the corp. nuke lobbist have won with a lot of help from 0.
http://my.firedoglake.com/gregglevine/2012/04/20/obama-sides-with-gop-against-reid-in-battle-over-nuclear-regulator/
Charles II said
Yeah… I read the politics of this differently than Levine. The Republicans get to nominate anyone they want. They want Svinicki. What is gained by blocking her? The Republicans would just find someone worse.
Meanwhile, Reid is not up for re-election until 2016, and he might even retire then. So this is less of a big deal for him than might be thought.
What matters is who replaces Jaczko. If there’s a story here, it’s what Obama does on filling that position.