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Article: Strong Clean Energy Policies Will Grow Economy, Create Up to 25,000 Jobs in Arkansas.(Report)
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- Energy Weekly News
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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On the eve of U.S. Senate deliberations on clean energy and climate legislation, Arkansas business leaders released a new economic analysis that finds that strong federal policy could create up to 25,000 jobs in Arkansas, increase incomes by $1,230 and grow the state economy by $1.2 billion. The new study, co-released with national clean energy business groups E2, the national investor coalition Ceres and the Clean Economy Network, provided the most comprehensive and in-depth look to date at state-by-state impacts of three pillars of federal legislation: energy efficiency, renewable energy and limits on carbon pollution.
"This study shows that the stronger the ...