Long-time villagers in thriving communities were beaten by gun-toting soldiers who burned homes, destroyed crops and butchered livestock. The troops were acting on behalf of a British forestry company that claims it fights global warming.
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Green Fiascoes and Boondoggles
Where is the dividing line between influence peddling, legitimate lobbying, political deal-making, and actual crime? Many farm-state Republicans have supported the uneconomical ethanol boondoggle for decades in exchange for generous support of their electoral campaigns, so the practice is bipartisan.
Obama’s snake oil: Spreading “Big Oil subsidy” disinformation
The worst thing we can do is what President Obama is intent on doing: use the mythical revenues he expects from eliminating oil company “subsidies and tax breaks” to increase federal wind, solar and ethanol subsidies by another 50% (to $18 billion a year)
Obama team uses flimflammery to inflate job numbers
The ‘green’ jobs scam. The administration calls financial advisers, wholesale buyers, public relations specialists, marketing managers, newspaper reporters and more ‘green’ jobs to inflate numbers of green jobs created.