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To: Sully- who wrote (78331)	3/15/2010 11:52:43 PM
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Emails show DOE worked with lobbyists and liberal think tanks to fight bad news about green jobs By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 03/15/10 4:49 PM EDT Few things were as damining to the Obama administration's green jobs efforts as a study last year that showed that Spain lost 2.2 jobs for every "green job" created by that country's investment in wind power. The Competitive Enterprise Institute did a Freedom of Information Act request and found that the Department of Energy was engaged in a largely political campaign to discredit the study, coordinated with wind power lobbyists and liberal think tanks. Sean Higgins at Investor's Business Daily has the story: <<< The e-mails show the wind lobbyists shared their concerns with DOE employees, who agreed the study needed to be refuted. In August, DOE produced a white paper specifically attacking the study. For example, e-mails show the lobbyists requesting to know when the report would come out and DOE employees hustling to get it published because it was late. "Is it okay if we send out our response (paper) to colleagues at AWEA and CAP? We promised it to them many weeks ago. It will soon be irrelevant," said energy analyst Suzanne Tegen, co-author of the DOE paper, in a July 29 e-mail to colleagues. CAP refers to the liberal Center for American Progress, which has pushed for renewable energy subsidies and has close ties to the Democratic Party. >>> Higgins also reports this nugget, which explains a lot about our current energy policy: <<< The wind industry spent $5 million on lobbying last year, up from $1.7 million in 2008. It has 36 lobbyists, up from 2 in 2004. "They've gone from being effectively a lobbying nonentity to a major lobbying force just in about five years time," Levinthal said, adding: "That may indicate why they are getting a little more interest from the federal government." >>> Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

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