Solyndra’s Legal Team: Five Attorneys at $2,550 Per Hour
Solyndra has hired a team of five high-powered attorneys to help get it through its bankruptcy proceedings, according to documentation the company has filed in… Read More
Congressional Investigator: More Solar Bankruptcies to Come
A top congressional investigator said on Tuesday that he believes more companies that benefitted from the stimulus bill’s renewable energy loan guarantee program will go… Read More
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Politically Connected Solar Firm Goes Under Despite Federal Support
Major donors to President Obama have received favorable treatment throughout his administration. Today’s news that solar company Solyndra is going bankrupt demonstrates the consequences of… Read More
One Near-Fatal Flaw to Obama’s Energy and Electric Car Plans: Snowstorms
Last week, The Washington Post pointed out one near-fatal flaw to Obama’s plans for subsidizing green energy and electric cars: snowstorms. On Wednesday a snowstorm… Read More
White House Solar Installation Symbolic of Solar Energy Push
President Obama is channeling his inner Jimmy Carter again. In 1979, President Carter had solar panels installed on the roof of the White House, and… Read More
The Stimulus Solar Boondoggle
According to a press release, Energy Secretary Steven Chu says that the billions of dollars in federal stimulus money directed toward solar-power will cut solar… Read More
Market Loser Is a Political Winner
President Obama has picked another “winner” among green technologies meant to portend an energy revolution. This time it is a Korean-owned battery factory in Michigan,… Read More
Solar’s Bubble Busted
The White House’s National Economic Council’s September 2009 report, A Strategy for American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs, informs us: “A strong… Read More
Green Jobs or Green Gyms?
How do you solve homelessness, obesity and global warming all at once? A green gym, of course: Cass Community Social Services (Cass) will further its… Read More
Solar Shutdown: Feinstein to Block Energy Projects
We need to transform to a new, clean energy economy but we can’t build solar panels in the Mojave Desert if California Senator Diane Feinstein… Read More
