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But the linkage is not to be trusted. What is ignored is the lack of long term global temperature data to make any reasonable assessment. Data before the 1980s was primarily in the US and Europe and parts of Australia and...

In this economy, it isn't just students and homeowners who are having trouble paying back their loans. In a statement on Monday, the US Department of Energy said that it had seized $21 million from Anaheim, California-based...

Several news organizations are reporting that the U.S. government-backed electric vehicle company Fisker Karma is seeking counsel from a law firm that specializes in bankruptcy proceedings. Recipients of a $529 million loan...

Suntech was once the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels – but the company was just pushed into bankruptcy after defaulting on $541 million in bond payments...

Formerly the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech was pushed into bankruptcy yesterday after defaulting on $541 million in bond payments...

Formerly the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech, was pushed into bankruptcy yesterday after defaulting on $541 million in bond payments...

President Obama’s second inaugural speech featured climate change more prominently than did his first inaugural address. As Greenwire (subscription required) observed: Gone was Obama’s roundabout reference to...

How do we know that Solyndra and First Solar and Fisker Automotive and thirty other failed Obama-subsidized green energy ventures are (or were) highly moral enterprises? Because they are all going bankrupt...

Last week on National Journal’s Energy Experts Blog, 16 wonks addressed the question: ”Is Washington Ready for a Carbon Tax?” Your humble servant argued that Washington is not ready — unless Republicans...

Watching the debate tonight, I kept listening for some hint of the discussion of the “climate crisis”. Why? Because the League of Conservation Voters put out a broad petition campaign to influence moderator Jim...

Read the rest of SOL Grotto is a Cool & Mesmerizing Space Made With Reclaimed Solyndra Rods in Berkeley Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Architecture, Art, berkeley,...

My grandfather made steam engines, my father made a scale steam locomotive for taking children on rides in the park and at the fair. Some of my happiest memories as a child were of sitting behind my father in the …...

Earlier this week, the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report on Treasury’s role in reviewing, in March 2009, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $535...

When news broke earlier this week that Solar Trust of America (a big solar company backed by the US Department of Energy) had filed for bankruptcy, conservatives predictably took to the airwaves to denounce the Obama administration’s...

Let's get one thing clear: Obama unquestionably ranks among the bottom five presidents in US history. In terms of sublime awfulness he's right up there with our late and extremely unlamented ex-PM Gordon Brown – which...