by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
Democrats are digging in against cuts to clean-energy research as lawmakers again face a deadline to replace billions of dollars in spending reductions from sequestration. The “fiscal cliff” deal that lawmakers struck this week delayed the sequestered budget cuts...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama told a Cincinnati audience on Monday that he does not make the same mistake more than once. Minutes later, he told the same crowd he would continue spending federal dollars on green energy. The Obama administration has spent billions of taxpayer...
by Jane Richey | Apr 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Energy Department said Thursday it expects to begin tentatively approving new taxpayer-backed loans for renewable energy projects in the coming months. The announcement comes about seven months after Solyndra, the California solar firm that received a $535 million...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Energy Secretary Steven Chu again warned Friday that more recipients of Energy Department green technology loan guarantees will likely collapse even as he touted the strength of the program overall. The White House commissioned the report last October amid increasing...