Environmentalism and the Leisure Class

In playing Keystone cop, President Obama protects his environmental flank for no good reason.

William Tucker The American Spectator 1/20/2012

This week President Obama handed down what may prove to be one of the most fateful decisions of his entire administration when he rejected the plan to build the Keystone XL Pipeline carrying oil from […]

Wind Farms Disrupting Radar, Scientists Say

FoxNews.com 11/5/2011

Rainstorm or wind farm? The circled area contains a wind farm, making it unclear whether it is also raining there.

This one’s really off the radar.

Wind farms, along with solar power and other alternative energy sources, are supposed to produce the energy of tomorrow. Evidence indicates that their countless whirring […]

DOE IG: 100+ stimulus-related criminal probes

Darius Dixon Politico 11/2/2011

The Energy Department’s inspector general has launched more than 100 criminal investigations related to 2009 economic stimulus spending.

In written testimony prepared for delivery to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, Inspector General Gregory Friedman said the investigations have involved “various schemes, including the submission of false information, claims […]

Update: Fisker Karma Electric Car Gets Worse Mileage Than an SUV

Warren Meyer Forbes 10/20/2011

The Fisker Karma electric car, developed mainly with your tax money so that a bunch of rich VC’s wouldn’t have to risk any real money, has rolled out with an nominal EPA MPGe of 52 in all electric mode (we will ignore the gasoline engine for this analysis).

Not bad? Unfortunately, […]

Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases

Eamon Javers CNBC 19 Oct 2011

Someone affiliated with the Department of Energy has been going back to make changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago, CNBC has found.

The changes occurred in two press releases from the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program — the same program that has […]

Court papers: Solyndra’s CEO quietly resigned Friday

Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller 10/13/2011

Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison resigned last Friday, new court papers filed Wednesday show.

He did so quietly, and it’s unclear whether the timing was related to Obama administration Justice Department officials’ request for someone other than company executives to oversee Solynra’s bankruptcy process.

Since the DOJ didn’t trust Solyndra […]

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