Posts Tagged ‘Solyndra’NEW: Taxpayers subsidizing desert solar energyTuesday, May 21st, 2013 May 21, 2013 By Warren Duffy What is going on with the California based Ivanpah solar plant? In April 2011, Brightsource Energy received a loan guarantee of $1.6 billion from the Department of Energy for the California-based Ivanpah project. It's located along I-15 at the California-Nevad... Latest taxpayer-subsidized green fiasco is based in AnaheimThursday, April 25th, 2013 April 25, 2013 By Chris Reed The latest Californa-based green energy fiasco took center stage in the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on Wednesday. It is Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive. This is from the Washington Post's Wonkblog: "It’s time for another round of scrutin... Dianne Feinstein’s empty chairWednesday, September 26th, 2012 Sept. 26, 2012 Katy Grimes: Has anyone seen Sen. Dianne Feinstein lately? She refuses to debate challenger Elizabeth Emken, she runs from reporters, and now there is news that Feinstein will not meet with the editorial boards of California's newspapers. What prompted her to walk away from... Arnold Speech Misleads on RenewablesThursday, December 8th, 2011 DEC. 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Although he never seems to leave, once again Arnold is back. And he’s still primping to be appointed the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. On Dec. 5, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared in Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech to his hard core fan club at... Judicial Watch Sues Obama AdminFriday, December 2nd, 2011Katy Grimes: Judicial Watch, a public interest group that aggressively investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced yesterday that it filed two lawsuits against the Obama Department of Energy and Office of Management and Budget, in the Solyndra scandal. Judicial Watch had a... Fracking Covers CA Solyndra ScandalFriday, November 18th, 2011 NOV. 18, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The California scandal involving a $535 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to the Solyndra Corporation has put so-called green-tech industries and government agencies on the defensive. After funneling the money to political operatives in the Democra... Steve Jobs: Free Market CapitalistFriday, October 7th, 2011 OCT. 7, 2011 The late Steve Jobs is remembered this week as a “visionary and creative genius,” as Apple Inc. eulogized him on its website; and as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of our time, as the New York Times described Apple’s co-founder in his obituary. Under Jobs, Apple proved the... Solar Execs Seek Shade from QuestionsFriday, September 30th, 2011SEPT. 30, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Solar company executives beam like a summer California sun touting their rapid growth in the past year. But they head for the shade when the topic arises of how highly subsidized the solar industry is. On everybody's mind is the failure of Solyndra, the sol... Solyndra Killed Utility Surcharge — for NowTuesday, September 20th, 2011 SEPT. 20, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Back on Feb. 11, 2011, CalWatchDog.com was the first online media to alert Californians that an obscure surcharge tacked on to electric bills that funded alternative energy research was about to expire in 2012. Then it was dropped earlier this month. Why? Be... Solyndra Crash Hits Green BusinessesFriday, September 16th, 2011 SEPT. 16, 2011 Solyndra, the Fremont solar-panel manufacturer that went belly up last week, was the subject of a hearing Wednesday all the way in the nation’s Capitol. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Committee on Oversight and Investigations wanted to get to the botto... |