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[Republicans in Congress] expressed concern that so much federal money was headed to a company whose key investor was George Kaiser, an Oklahoma billionaire who raised more than $50,000 for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. President Barack Obama during a tour of the Solyndra solar panel company May 26, 2010 in Fremont, […] September 3rd, 2011 | Tags: 'green' technology, "green jobs", bankruptcy, campaign contributions, cronyism, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, George Kaiser, George Kaiser Family Foundation, green energy, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Office of Management and Budget, Rep. Fred Upton, Solyndra Inc., The Center for Public Integrity | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Energy, Environment, Oklahoma | Comments are closed
Joel Gehrke Washington Examiner 9/1/2011 Solar power plants stand as major culprits in lead emissions and lead poisoning in India and China, according to a study conducted by a University of Tennessee-Knoxville professor Chris Cherry. Solar plants make significant use of lead batteries. The study announcement declared that up to 2.4 million tons of lead […] September 1st, 2011 | Tags: 'green' technology, "green jobs", bankruptcy, lead batteries, lead poisoning, Occupational Knowledge International, solar power, Solyndra Inc., University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Category: Barack Obama, China, Environment, Federal spending, India | Comments are closed
Tom Blumer NewsBusters 8/21/2011 On August 15, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe, and the Associated Press all reported that Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Oddly enough (no, not really), The New York Times, which published a 1,600-word report in January (HT to an NB emailer) on the company’s competitive difficulties, […] August 21st, 2011 | Tags: "green jobs", "green subsidies", "stimulus", bankruptcy, Berkshire Community College, Evergreen Solar Inc., Hoover Dam, Rep. Edward Markey, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | Category: Energy, Environment, Massachusetts, Taxes | Comments are closed
Laura Rambeau Lee Big Government 8/14/2011 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held on August 2 – 6, 2010 in Bonn, Germany. It was the third round of U. N. climate change negotiations with representatives from 178 governments present. The meeting was designed to set the agenda for what they hoped […] August 15th, 2011 | Tags: 'Climategate', "green jobs", Agenda 21, carbon trading, Christiana Figueres, Executive Order 13575, global redistribution of wealth, land use, Law of the Sea Convention, renewable energy, Rio + 20, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sustainable Development, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), water, White House Rural Council | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Agriculture, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, federal regulations, Socialism, United Nations, Video | Comments are closed
…in essence the spenders are negotiating among themselves how much debt they’re going to burden you with. It’s like you and your missus announcing you’ve set your new credit limit at $1.3 million, and then telling the bank to send demands for repayment to Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s kindergartner next door… Mark Steyn […] July 16th, 2011 | Tags: "green jobs", debt ceiling, Global GDP, John Kitchen, Menzie Chinn, Van Jones | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal spending, Taxes, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Doug Ross Director Blue 6/27/2011 If this Republic survives the Obama presidency, I truly look forward to the first comprehensive, tell-all biography of our 44th president. Because when it comes to stories like this one, I’m betting we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. The Obama ‘Green Jobs’ Scam That Redistributed Half-a-Billion Dollars to […] July 1st, 2011 | Tags: "green jobs", cronyism, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, George Kaiser, Rep. Cliff Stearns, Rep. Fred Upton, Solyndra Inc., Vice President Joe Biden | Category: "Stimulus" program, Barack Obama, Congress, corruption, Department of Energy, Elections, Energy, Federal spending, fundraising, Oklahoma, Taxes | Comments are closed
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