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May 28, 2012

Green Jobs Fall Far Short of Obama's Goal

Brian Hughes, Washington Examiner


Bloomberg

President Obama has made much of his commitment to green energy as he launches his re-election bid, but the nascent industry has produced far fewer jobs than the president promised, despite massive, repeated infusions of taxpayer dollars. . .

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