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Melissa Hincha-Ownby

Spanish green jobs study debunked

A Spain-based organization writes United States Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) to debunk the Spanish green jobs study.

Thu, May 14 2009 at 6:12 PM EST

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If you’ve been following my blog here at MNN for a while, then you have no doubt ready my many posts about the now infamous Spanish green jobs study.  The report showed that the green jobs movement in Spain was detrimental to the country’s overall employment.  One of the results of the study showed that for every green job that was created in the country, 2.2 “regular” jobs were lost.
 
The study quickly became the basis for much of the anti-green jobs movement while pro-green jobs organizations refuted the study because of the author’s ties to special interest groups.
 
Now, the Center for American Progress is reporting that a Spain-based organization is jumping into the fray and has written a letter debunking the Spanish green jobs study.  In the letter, which was addressed to Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA),  Jesus Caldera and Carlos Mulas-Granados of the IDEAS Foundation point out several flaws in the study.
 
This sentence from the opening paragraph does a great job of summing up the entire letter: “We were surprised to learn that one of the principle pieces of evidence used by opponents of President Obama’s green recovery program is a deeply flawed report from a little known Spanish research institute funded in part by the oil industry. “  Source:  Center for American Progress (PDF)
 
For more information, read today’s post on the Center for American Progress site, The Real Spanish Experience: Spanish Thought Leaders Debunk Unfounded Green Jobs Report.
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Anonymous 07/08/2009 12:28 PM

Center for American Progress: now there's a non partisan group to believe. Their letter of "proof" sounds like more opinion.

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Global Changes 05/18/2009 06:21 AM

You cant trust anything funded by an oil company. They should be the ones spending there billions in profit to fund new greener
power, and the jobs creating it.

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