| Oct 3, 2011 | Environment / HealthYou may have heard about Solyndra, the solar start-up that went belly up in August. Solyndra received a $535 million loan guarantee in September of 2009 from the embattled Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program. Announced with much fanfare, it was the first...
| Aug 22, 2011 | Environment / HealthWhile it might seem rare these days for Republicans and Democrats to work together on anything, two Republican members of the House of Representatives recently joined with one of their colleagues in the Democratic Party to introduce an important new piece of renewable...
| | Rights / DemocracyMost Americans, riveted by reports about the manufactured crisis surrounding the debt ceiling, assumed that we “dodged the bullet” when Congress finally authorized the U.S. Treasury to pay its bills. The sad, tragic truth for our nation’s economy and...
| | Environment / HealthOur problem in Washington is this: we have too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. Any doubt about this was erased in July when House tea partiers joined old-school right-wing ranters to pass a light bulb bill. This was the culmination of a loopy crusade by...
| Aug 15, 2011 | Economy / BusinessAs the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. In Washington, great power should also require great transparency. The hurriedly passed Budget Control Act raised the nation’s debt ceiling and made some efforts to reduce the deficit. The law also...
