Vestas Cuts Plant Hours, Puts Colorado Employees On Unemployment
In an attempt to stave off potential job losses, Vestas Wind Systems reduced hours at two manufacturing plants in Colorado for all hourly staff on… Read More
Farm Subsidies Hurt the Poor Worldwide
Got milk? The European Parliament sure does. European dairy farmers were in Brussels this week to protest proposed changes in dairy regulations. Protestors doused the… Read More
The Wrong Technology: Evidence of Faulty Panels Continues to Mount at Abound Solar
Claims that Chinese solar subsidies killed Abound Solar—and not faulty solar panels made by the company itself—are beginning to wear as thin as the solar… Read More
Time to Remove the Taxpayer Trough from Wind Producers
The meal provided by the taxpayer is over. When pigs finish eating the slop that a farmer put in the trough, they’ll hang around the… Read More
Congress Should Permanently Waive the Ethanol Mandate
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a proposal from a number of governors and federal legislators to partially waive the Renewable Fuels Standard,… Read More
Energy Independence the Free-Market Way
It was clear in pre-election discussion that Americans want energy independence. The most successful means to this end has been the free market—and the release… Read More
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Green Graveyard: An In-Depth Look at Government’s Bad Bets on 19 Now-Bankrupt Companies
As a follow up to the Green Graveyard overview, this post provides additional information concerning the funding for each of the now-bankrupt green energy companies…. Read More
Green Graveyard: 19 Taxpayer-Funded Failures
While there’s speculation over which federally supported green energy company may be the next to declare bankruptcy, plenty have already gone belly up. In one… Read More
America Doesn’t Need a Federal Department of Subsidies
Politicians too often confuse “free money” with “free markets”—that is, they consider themselves pro-business when they work deals that make some businesses happy, even though… Read More
Installing Windmills Doesn’t Make the Wind Blow
A tweet from the Department of Energy (DOE) gives a link to a DOE webpage highlighting a graph from, and giving a link to, a… Read More
