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March 13, 2012

Clean Energy Can Fuel Competitiveness

Daniel Esty, Harvard Business Review


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U.S. energy industries, from oil and gas to ethanol, wind, and solar, have long enjoyed lavish government subsidies and other support. But those days are coming to an end. President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union address called for an end to the "taxpayer giveaways" the oil and gas industry has long enjoyed. . .

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