Study: Green Jobs Programs Stifling State Economies


by H. Sterling Burnett

April 09, 2012

Source: Heartlander

Green jobs programs enacted by various states are causing economic harm on an economy-wide basis that outweighs the limited economic benefits within the “green” energy sector, according to a newly published study by the nonpartisan State Budget Solutions.

Job Destruction Outweighs Creation

The report, Green Jobs Don’t Grow on Trees, concludes green energy programs cost more jobs than they create and more tax money than they produce.

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