By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsThe federal energy loan program that has created headaches for President Barack Obama has a Mitt Romney connection.Cathy...
Benjamin Healey | Posted 02.14.2012
It is a simple and straightforward falsehood when established energy industries or special interests describe renewables as sops for federal money. Rather, the renewables industry is getting relatively less government help, not more, than traditional competitors.
AP | JACK GILLUM | Posted 02.10.2012
WASHINGTON — A Republican-leaning group will begin airing a major advertisement this week critical of the Obama administration's investment into...
AP | By JASON DEAREN | Posted 11.30.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- A $1 billion solar energy project that lost a federal loan in the wake of the Solyndra bankruptcy and related investigations is back ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.21.2012
So it's nice to be inventive when you gaze into the sky. When those warming rays inspire you, give the power cell a try. Just make sure you're well connected if you want your piece of pie. So big... so fast... Solyndra!
The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.18.2011
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann shared her thoughts on the Solyndra issue today, saying the loan scandal "makes Watergate look like...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.17.2012
WASHINGTON — An unapologetic Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended a half-billion-dollar federal loan to a solar-panel manufacturer that went bel...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.09.2012
WASHINGTON — A major donor to President Barack Obama discussed with White House officials a solar energy company that received a half-billion do...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.02.2012
WASHINGTON — Days before a solar panel maker collapsed, the Obama administration considered a bailout that would have provided an infusion of ca...
AP | Posted 01.01.2012
FREMONT, Calif. — The bankrupt solar company Solyndra Inc. is auctioning off surplus assets this week as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. St...
Politico | DARREN SAMUELSOHN | Posted 12.27.2011
Energy Secretary Steven Chu is set to testify about Solyndra on Nov. 17 before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee, an Obama administ...
Gary Johnson | Posted 12.20.2011
What Americans are demanding -- whether they are occupying Wall Street or not -- is that Washington stop helping us to death, and simply allow a level playing field for all to succeed or fail without the burden of a government that does too much and spends too much.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.16.2011
Spending less on one's monthly energy bill -- that's appealing. Saving the environment at the same time, says Ryan Park, "that's icing on the cake." ...
AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 12.13.2011
DOVER, Del. — The chairman and CEO of a California solar energy company that sought bankruptcy protection after receiving a half-billion-dollar ...
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Posted 12.12.2011
By David Biello (Click here for original article.) Entrepreneur is just a fancy French word for a salesman, and a sales pitch isn't necessarily co...
Edward Flattau | Posted 12.12.2011
Simply because "green" energy is a mainstay of President Obama's domestic policy, House Republicans are fixated on discrediting it, even if that means abdicating future leadership to China in the global technology revolution.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.11.2011
WASHINGTON -- One of the Republican Party's lead campaign groups tried to turn the Solyndra failure into an election issue Tuesday, accusing President...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.03.2011
WASHINGTON -- A host of industry experts, including a former adviser to Sen. John McCain, are urging lawmakers not to stigmatize either green energy o...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.28.2011
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and ...
AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 11.27.2011
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday refused to extend the sale timeline for failed solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra LLC, ...
Uwe T. Schmidt | Posted 11.26.2011
What went wrong with Solyndra? Nothing, except one company's bankruptcy has put doubt on the credibility of a government program that otherwise is being administered efficiently.
HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 11.23.2011
NEWARK, Calif. -- While 51-year-old Mohammad Sharifi, a married father of two, was getting ready for work on Aug. 31, his son came into the bedroom to...
HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.21.2011
The story of Solyndra, the Silicon Valley solar technology start-up that received half a billion dollars in loan guarantees from the federal governmen...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.21.2011
WASHINGTON -- The GOP-led House Oversight Committee may be accusing the White House of a "job killing" green energy agenda in a hearing Thursday -- bu...
Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.21.2011
The story of Solyndra, the Silicon Valley solar technology start-up that received half a billion dollars in loan guarantees from the federal governmen...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.22.2012