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Green Jobs Getting New Emphasis by Obama

Posted February 03, 2010
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“Obama planned to announce on Wednesday new steps to increase the role of biofuels in powering the nation and to release a report detailing how Washington could increase investments in green technologies, an administration official said. The president was also expected to discuss so-called clean coal technologies, said the official, who spoke ahead of the announcement only on condition of anonymity.” (Washington Post, Wednesday)

Has he bothered to look at the record of government attempts to pick winners?

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