Too many cooks: How Europe undercut its climate goals with a mishmash of green policies

In the EU's conundrum, there are many lessons for American policy-makers

London smog.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett))

If one green energy program is a good idea, you’d think two would be even better.

But as the experience of Europe shows, some efforts to get renewable energy up and running can undercut or negate other efforts. It’s a lesson the U.S. should keep in mind, given our own overwhelming need for a national climate policy.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.