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==NPRI Produces Questionable Study on Clean Energy in Nevada==
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===NPRI Called Out for Blocking Action on Climate Change===
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In July of 2016, nineteen U.S. Senators delivered a series of speeches denouncing climate change denial from 32 organizations with links to fossil-fuel interests, including the Nevada Policy Research Institute.<ref name="sw">Sheldon Whitehouse, "[https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/senators-call-out-web-of-denial-blocking-action-on-climate-change Senators Call Out Web of Denial Blocking Action On Climate Change]," ''Office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse'', July 15, 2016.</ref> Sen. Whitehouse (RI-D), who led the effort to expose "the web of denial" said in his remarks on the floor that the purpose was to,
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:"shine a little light on the web of climate denial and spotlight the bad actors in the web, who are polluting our American discourse with phony climate denial. This web of denial, formed over decades, has been built and provisioned by the deep-pocketed [[Koch brothers]], by [[ExxonMobil]], by [[Peabody coal]], and by other fossil fuel interests. It is a grim shadow over our democracy in that it includes an electioneering effort that spends hundreds of millions of dollars in a single election cycle and threatens any Republican who steps up to address the global threat of climate change. . . . [I]t is long past time we shed some light on the perpetrators of this web of denial and expose their filthy grip on our political process. It is a disgrace, and our grandchildren will look back at this as a dirty time in America’s political history because of their work.”<ref name="sw"/>
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==NPRI Produces Questionable Study on Clean Energy in Nevada
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A study released by NPRI on June 9, 2016 claiming that Nevada's requirements to use solar, wind and other clean energy sources are killing jobs and hurting jobs has been criticized by energy experts in the state reports the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''.<ref name=rj>Sean Whaley, [http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/study-says-green-energy-mandates-kill-jobs-nevada-experts-disagree Study says green energy mandates kill jobs but Nevada experts disagree], ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'', July 2, 2016.</ref> Nevada has imposed a mandate called the Renewable Portfolio Standards to get 25% of its energy through renewables by 2025.
A study released by NPRI on June 9, 2016 claiming that Nevada's requirements to use solar, wind and other clean energy sources are killing jobs and hurting jobs has been criticized by energy experts in the state reports the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''.<ref name=rj>Sean Whaley, [http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/study-says-green-energy-mandates-kill-jobs-nevada-experts-disagree Study says green energy mandates kill jobs but Nevada experts disagree], ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'', July 2, 2016.</ref> Nevada has imposed a mandate called the Renewable Portfolio Standards to get 25% of its energy through renewables by 2025.