Baltimore Sun Identifies Obstacles to Energy Investment

In an article appearing in the Baltimore Sun Thursday morning, reporter Jim Tankersley explores roadblocks to U.S. investment in clean energy technology.

"At a time when the U.S. economy is desperate for jobs and investment in future growth, economists and business leaders say these projects – and billions of dollars in other investments in so-called 'clean energy' -- are on hold in large part because of political stalemate in Washington," writes Tankersley. 

The report also quoted Council on Competitiveness executive committee member Tom Baruch, founder and managing director of CMEA Capital, on how China has fostered staggering growth in the energy industry. "The investments being made in China," Baruch said, "are just huge government investments that the venture capital industry couldn't hope to match."

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