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March 16, 2010
GreenJobsGate: This One Has Incriminating Emails, Too
Posted by The MaryHunter at March 16, 2010 5:24 AM
On the Green Jobs-Green Energy front, it is perhaps unsurprising that the Obama Administration is in bed with lobbyists, going completely against his campaign pledge at the very least. But it goes deeper than that.
Emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Obama Department of Energy is using the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) -- the lobbying arm of "Big Wind" in the U.S. -- to coordinate political responses with two strongly ideological activist groups: the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and the George Soros funded Center for American Progress (CAP).
This is further proof that Obama has betrayed his promise to ban lobbyists. Further, this incident suggests yet another questionable appointment -- Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the DoE, injected politics into public policy. Cathy Zoi also happens to be the former CEO of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection.
This all comes back to the green jobs farce that has been revealed in Europe, in particular in Spain. The Obama Administration cites Spain over and over as a success story for green jobs. However, an economic report published by a Spanish university revealed the truth: that Spain's "green jobs" program ended up costing them 2.2 regular jobs and $800,000 for every "green job" created.
Naturally, Obamunists did not care for this report. The aforementioned emails reveal a conspiratorial path of intimidation, spin and deception that aimed to tweak a DoE report on renewable energy. It's aim was to accentuate the positive (viz., UCS and CAP pro-green-economy propaganda) and eliminate the negative (viz., the Spanish report). Christopher Horner's article clearly outlines the sequence of events revealed in the incriminating DoE emails, which also reveal "apparently misleading -- or false -- statements made to Congress by the DoE. Particularly the statements made by Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi. "
So, in short: nothing really new here, just another flavor of Obamunist corruption infusing our nation in the name of the radical-leftist, power-hungry green movement. The day we are truly free from this garbage is the day that the last progressive is purged from the federal government. Don't hold your breath.
