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Brookings Goes Schizophrenic On Clean Energy And Climate, Then Singlehandedly Jumps The Shark, Ironically
Economist magazine itself relates the story of how “Harry Truman famously asked to be sent a one-armed economist, having tired of exponents of the dismal science proclaiming ‘On the one hand, this’ and ‘On the other hand, that’.” That, however, doesn’t solve the problem if you have several one-armed wonks battling each other, as the [...]
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Another Self-Contradictory Attack on Clean Energy from the Washington Post
by Richard Caperton Readers of the Washington Post in the last few days were treated to one of the more egregious examples of why the paper appears so schizophrenic on climate and energy. On the one hand, readers learn that “Climate... Read Post
The Navy Goes Green: Mother Jones And The Climate Desk Highlight A Major Energy Transformation In Our Military
By Chris Mooney and Julia Whitty The latest cover story of Mother Jones magazine — and, relatedly, the latest Climate Desk Live briefing, occurring this Wednesday in D.C. — are focused on one of the “good news” energy stories that w... Read Post
Economists Actually Agree
by Stuart Shapiro Harry Truman famously remarked that he needed a one-armed economist so that they couldn’t say “on the one hand.” Today, too often we see “economists” quoted on both sides of an issue to make it seem as if there is... Read Post