socialfunds.com - 7/3/2009
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By Robert Kropp. American Clean Energy and Security Act seeks to reduce US dependence on oil, invest in clean energy technologies, and reduce carbon emissions.
time.com - 6/27/2009
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time.com —
With a razor-thin margin of just seven votes,
the House of Representatives on Friday evening passed the...
American Clean Energy and Security Act the first bill to put a fixed and declining cap on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. Republicans and ...
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What Does the Energy Bill Really Mean for CO2 Cuts?
econbrowser.com - 7/6/2009
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econbrowser.com —
"With the passage of Cap and Trade there
is a good chance that unemployment will be worse...
than 1933 by the end of 2010." So writes an Econbrowser reader . Well, anything can happen, but that is not the outcome I predict. Nor the CBO, EPA, and ...
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Waxman-Markey and the Great Depression II?
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ETFs That May Be Affected By Clean Energy Bill
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Clean Energy ETFs Last Friday, the House passed the Waxman-Markey Clean Energy Bill, in an effort to reduce the U.S. addiction to oil and adopt more clean energy practices. The bill is in the Senate, and if it passes, it could have a wide-ranging impact on certain exchange traded funds (ETFs). The goal of the bill is to reduce carbon emissions while practicing clean energy techniques rather than rely on oil for most of our energy needs. According to Rober Kropp for Social Funds , Republican Senators are attacking the bill as a form of taxation that will pass intolerable costs ...
ETFs That May Be Affected By Clean Energy Bill
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... Last Friday, the House passed the Waxman-Markey Clean Energy Bill, in an effort to reduce the U.S. addiction to oil and adopt more clean energy practices. The bill is in the Senate, and if it passes, it could have a wide-ranging impact on certain exchange traded funds (ETFs). The goal of the bill is to reduce carbon emissions while practicing clean energy techniques rather than rely on oil for most of our energy needs. According to Rober Kropp for Social Funds , Republican Senators are attacking the bill as a form of taxation that will pass intolerable costs to American ...
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